Digby begins the revisionist history eulogy

Like how Tim Russert's life was worth something. Here she is on John Murtha:

He was a complicated political figure, but he will be remembered for something very brave: it's impossible to overestimate how important it was to have this conservative, ex-marine, super patriot Democrat step up on Iraq at a time when the country needed him. He led the way for the Democrats to finally find the courage to oppose Bush and I'm not sure it would have happened without him.

Wait, when was this?