COMMENTARY

Murtha in Command
By Robert D. Novak

"After 16 undistinguished terms in Congress, Rep. John P. Murtha is now sending the message that he is running the show: In an interview last Thursday with the anti-war website MoveCongress.org, he revealed plans to put conditions on funding of U.S. troops. That represents the most daring congressional attempt to micromanage ongoing armed hostilities in nearly two centuries…"