It seems like quite a few Dems have fallen in love with Murtha because of his stand on Iraq - but don't know much about him otherwise.
Here's a nice piece from the NYT this morning.
Trading Votes for Pork Across the House Aisle
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: October 2, 2006
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 — For more than a decade, Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania has operated a political trading post in a back corner of the House of Representatives.
A gang of about two dozen Democrats mill around his seat. A procession of others walk back to request pet spending projects, known as earmarks. And Republicans come by, asking him to enlist some of those Democrats to join them on close votes. “Whether they get what they want in the bill or they get the votes they are looking for, nobody ever leaves completely disappointed,” said Representative Paul E. Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat often found in what is known as the Murtha corner.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/washington/02murtha.html?hp&ex=1159848000&en=b4474a9614c4d7bf&ei=5094&partner=homepageI hope the Dems take a close look at Murtha - champion of pork and ear marks - before they fall all over themselves to empower him further.
