Can't leave well enough alone:
Just to make that clear, King sent out a column on Thursday titled "What Makes a Hero?" King also said he can't separate McCarthy the man from the mission McCarthy held of ferreting out communists during the Cold War.
More interesting is the speculation of King for Senate in 2008 - a flame Tom Harkin is gleefully fanning. Harkin's got a great track record of retiring wingers - Bill Scherle, Roger Jepsen, Tom Tauke, Jim Ross Lightfoot, and fake moderate Greg Ganske - and an open seat in the beyond Democratic reach 5th CD in 2008 would allow for the election of a less embarrassing Republican.
What's more unnerving is the state of Leonard Boswell's health. OK for now, but he's no spring chicken. A lot of ambitions were squashed when Boswell moved in after redistricting, and when he eventually steps down Des Moines will see a primary from hell.
Boswell's voting record hasn't adapted from his previous, more rural district. He's good about 70% of the time, but it's really embarrassing when he votes with the GOP and Jim Leach makes one of his symbolic, token, meaningless "liberal" votes. (I think this happened on flag burning but no time to look it up now.) Of course, I'd rather see a 70% good Dem and a vote for Pelosi than a 10% good Republican, and Jeff Lamberti has name ID and probably limitless money. But maybe in a few years we can get a 90% Dem out of Dem-oines.
John Kerry in town today. Doing my duty and going with minimal excitement. Since local TV is showing Patriots-Falcons and Bears-Browns, rather than Packers-Saints, I'm not missing out. Report later.
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