When someone sues a sitting congressman for defamation, it doesn’t go unnoticed. So when Marine Sgt. Frank Wuterich sued Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) last week, charging the congressman falsely accused him of “cold-blooded murder and war crimes,” it got some attention. More, perhaps, than it deserved.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=182724