The Stubborn Sodomite

As if the G.O.P. wasn't in enough trouble already (from ABC News):

Despite reports today quoting anonymous 'GOP sources" that embattled Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho., will resign Friday, his aide says the Senator will return to Washington, D.C. next week to continue his work as best he can, Craig's Idaho press secretary tells ABC News.

Although I'm certain that Craig will resign very soon, I would just love it if he dug in and refused to leave the Senate. Mitch McConnell's head would probably explode if that happened.

And speaking of stubborn, this is pretty pathetic:

Yesterday, a plane carrying three U.S. senators and a member of the House was forced to take evasive maneuvers to avoid rocket-propelled grenades as they took off from Baghdad. “It was a scary moment,” said Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL). “There were a few minutes there where I wondered: ‘Have we been hit? Are we OK?’” added Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL).

Despite the close call, the lawmakers continued to insist that progress was being made in Iraq. * * *

How screwed up is that? You travel all the way to Iraq so you could come home and spread more G.O.P. bullshit about how great things are going over there, and then something like this happens to totally undercut you. Stuff like this seems to be happening a lot lately.