Goodbye Jim

Last week, Jim Jeffords (I-VT) decided to retire from the Senate in 2006. For those what have been under a rock over the past four years, Senator Jeffords was the senator who defected from the GOP to Independent status. In doing this, he aligned himself with the Democrats, giving the party a working majority for eight months. With this, he committed an act of political courage. Today, most politicians are yes-fish, creatures of the party culture and the special interests who feed them cash. Jeffords spit in the face of this culture. As a moderate to liberal Democrat, I will miss him. He has earned a well-deserved place in history.