Murtha Out Supporting New Democrats

Rep. John Murtha is a strong voice in the Democratic Party. His criticism of Bush's Iraq policy, despite his initial support, has made him a repeated target of Republican hit jobs. Murtha, though, has held his ground and talked facts rather than nonsense. I still remember his excellent performance on the House floor last year as he took on Republican members who didn't really want to talk about Iraq.

Well, he's going to Ohio to do some campaigning and TPM Cafe's election central has the story:

Jack Murtha is coming to Ohio to campaign for Dem Victoria Wulsin -- and against Wulsin's GOP opponent, "Mean Jean" Schmidt, the woman who memorably called Murtha a "coward" a year ago. Today's Cincinnati Post reports that Murtha will invade Mean Jean's district on behalf of Wulsin this coming Saturday.

Schmidt's invective against Murtha will go down as one of the low points of the Republican party on the floor of the House that anyone can remember in recent years. Hopefully, there will return a time when Republicans have respect for veterans regardless of whether they're Republican, Democrat or independent.