Dennis Kucinich: We Need Jack Murtha for Majority Leader (HuffPost) [View All]

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I support John Murtha for Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives.

As many of you know, I was one of those who organized the effort to stop the US from going to war against Iraq. One hundred and twenty-five Democrats, nearly two-thirds of our caucus, voted against the war.

Once the war started, America drifted deeper and deeper into the morass of Iraq, with rising troop causalities, near incalculable Iraqi civilian deaths and tremendous expense for the American taxpayers. It was only when prominent Members of Congress began to reconsider their position that America had a new hope for a new direction.

Chief among those who saw the dramatically changing circumstances, and who had the courage not only to rethink Iraq, but to step forward publicly and declare his concerns, was Jack Murtha.

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