Michael Winship - Murtha: If I'm Corrupt, It's Because I Care

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''Murtha: If I'm Corrupt, It's Because I Care''

By Michael Winship

Headline in the May 2 NEW YORK TIMES: “Murtha’s Nephew Named a Lobbyist for Marines.” Headline just three days later in the May 5 WASHINGTON POST: “Murtha’s Nephew Got Defense Contracts.”

Guess what? Two different nephews. They’re brothers, though, each blessed with the same, beneficent and no doubt beloved uncle –