Congresswoman Jean Schmidt (Ohio Republican) about Congressman John Murtha (37 year marine corp vet that served in Korea and Vietnam)
"A few minutes ago, I received a call from Colonel Danny Bubp. He asked me to send Congress a message: Stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do."
One political shi[b][/b]tstorm and a couple days later
"There's no way that I remotely tried to impugn his character,".