Whatever we do, let's not investigate Jack Murtha's ethics

From Liz Mair: “That is essentially the message sent by Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the DCCC and assistant to Nancy Pelosi, and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, to Democratic House members earlier this week: As the House prepared to vote this week on Republican Rep. Jeff Flake’s push for an ethics investigation involving Rep. John Murtha and other senior appropriators, Democratic leaders sent an unmistakable message to their members: “Don’t be a Flake.” That was the subject line of an e-mail that staffers for first- and second-term Democrats received Tuesday from Rep. Chris Van Hollen, assistant to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The message said that Democrats would once again be “voting to table another Flake resolution” — and it made clear that leadership would have its eyes on any Democrats even thinking about defecting. …”

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