Murtha is doing this to innoculate himself from corruption charges. If you come after him it's because of his leftist, antiwar statements and not because he was steering contracts to a company employing his brother and former staff member Carmen Scialabba. Plain and simple
You realize that the Marine Corps can recall him to active duty and then court martial him, taking his rank, retirement check, and all other honors. The Corps has done this in the past. Would love to see that.