John Murtha is an embarrassment to Democrats, and to Pennsylvanians. Did you hear about the prominent Democratic congressman's appearance on NBC's Meet The Press last Sunday? Murtha, who has been getting plenty of media attention in recent months for his anti-war stance, told Tim Russert that troops in Iraq should be redeployed to a nearby country, so that they will be removed from Iraq but can go back in if needed. What would be the point of that? Murtha became even more illogical, saying that one place that the troops could be redeployed to is Okinawa, Japan -- which is about 5,000 miles from Iraq!

Murtha now rivals Republican Senator Arlen Specter for the Most Embarrassing Legislator From Pennsylvania award. I'm glad Murtha is not from my district -- his district is in western PA -- but I almost wish that he was, so that I could cast a vote against him in November.

I am now learning that Murtha has a skeleton in his closet: he was involved in the Abscam scandal. Here is Robert Novak's commentary on the subject:

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