Asked why it took so long for anyone in Congress to take a stand against Bush’s “stay the course” nonstrategy, Murtha replies, “We just hoped it would work out. It wasn’t working out, and I think that was the key. There kept being a lot of rhetoric and not real progress.

“I think the country is way ahead of Congress, way ahead of the news media. I just think they understood much earlier. And there’s a lot of criticism when somebody says anything at all. So I think that was part of the problem people had with speaking out. They just didn’t want to put up with the criticism.”

For a former Marine from an all-American town, that criticism has proven fierce. A few minutes later Murtha climbs back in his car and heads home.

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