At TPM David Kurtz makes an unfair charge against Democratic Senators:

One thing you can say about Washington is that political courage rises in inverse proportion to the political strength of one's opponent. As Alberto Gonzales (a.k.a., the "walking cadaver") hemorrhages politically, everyone on the Hill is suddenly as fearless as a shark. . . . Gonzales is getting what he deserves, to be sure, but among his opponents there were far fewer profiles in courage before he was mortally wounded.

Kurtz references an article where Sens. Schumer and Leahy are quoted confronting Gonzo on the attorney firings. Kurtz acts as if they never confronted Gonzo before. But this is nonsense. Schumer and Leahy and 34 other Dems voted no on Gonzales' confirmation for Attorney General as we urged in January 2005.

This right after a stinging electoral loss. Sorry Mr. Kurtz, but those Dems were plenty brave and when it counted too. Yours is a very unfair charge. Indeed, as I recall, TPM was rather quiet on the issue of Gonzales' confirmation as Attorney General.