RIP John Murtha

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John Murtha died today at the age of 77. More from The New York Times and The Washington Post. Sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues.

Posted by Kevin K. on 02/08/10 at 02:57 PM • Permalink

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His detractors will no doubt point to the ethics investigations, including Abscam, but there’s no indication he ever sought personal profit. Instead, he cheerfully shook every available tree to get stuff for his district:

Murtha was firmly unapologetic, saying it was his duty to help his district create jobs and U.S. soldiers gain new research and tools to help them in battle. To a television crew following him in a House office building with questions about potential conflicts, he held up his miniature red, page-worn copy of the Constitution.

“What it says is the Congress of the United States appropriates the money,” he said. “Got that?”

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