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Hoyer hails FISA bill as "a significant victory for the Democratic Party"

The House majority leader argues that giving the GOP what it wanted on eavesdropping removed it as an election issue. That's the same mentality that led Democrats to authorize the war in 2002.
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  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008 07:29 AM

    Can we go back to John Murtha, please?

    Hoyer's not even a blue dog Democrat anymore, more of a red dog now. I had a friend in law school who had a great expression for stuff like this. He'd say, 'they're pouring muddy water on us and telling us it's raining!' My question is: what would Murtha do?

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