Congressman Jim McDermott keeps going over the line. Before the Iraq war he visited Baghdad and met with Iraqi officials. Now he is accusing the administration of delaying the capture of Saddam Hussein for political purposes. Democrats and Republicans have both jumped to criticize him for he remarks, which came on a local radio station.
McDermott is an embarrassment to the city. That fact that he continues to be reelected by large margins give the impression that the whole electorate agrees with his extreme positions on foreign policy. I suspect that the real reason he enjoys the success he does is that the Republican party in the city is basically non-existent, and that Democratic courtesy keeps him from having a primary opponent. If either of those changed he could be levered out of power relatively easily. I suggest one of the defeated city councilwomen, say Heidi Wills, take him on next year. She would get my vote -- to unseat McDermott I might even vote for Stan Lippmann.