Murtha Says No Impeachment at this Time

We had a nagging suspicion it was too good to be true. Regardless of whether Bush and Cheney can be removed from office, the American people deserve to know the truth. At this stage the only way to get to the truth is through impeachment hearings.-Jake

From Daily Kos:

Greg Sargent chases down and puts to rest the "Murtha is for impeachment!" story by doing, gasp, reporting. He called Murtha's office and spoke with his spokesman, Matt Mazonkey. Here's what Mazonkey said:

"The Congressman was asked about the ways to influence a President. He did list impeachment as one of four ways. He listed public opinion, the election, impeachment, and the power of the purse. But he doesn't believe that impeachment is appropriate at this time."

We had an election, public opinion has already turned against the president, impeachment at this point in time is a pipe dream. For Congressional leadership right now the focus is, as it should rightly be, ending this war before the 2008 election.

What it is time for, in dealing with Iraq, is to talk about the power of the purse. Murtha is absolutely right to include in the ways in which we can influence the President. It, or the threat of it, is likely the only way we're going to be able to influence the President into getting us out of Iraq.