JOHN MURTHA: Anatomy of a Smear

Taylor Marsh has a great piece on the smearing of Rep. John Murtha. That fight began on November 17, 2005, the day Murtha presented his plan for redeployment from Iraq, which called for a "change in direction." After trying for years to get President Bush, Secretary Rumsfeld and the administration to change course, through letters and public pleas, the 37-year Marine veteran realized it wasn't going to happen. To say Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, didn't take Murtha's challenge lightly is an understatement. The entire piece can be read here JOHN MURTHA: Anatomy of a Smear.