Two items in the Delco Times

Bill Bender pulls double duty this weekend on the congressional race:

First, "Union Backing Could Be Key for Sestak in November," which covered the unanimous endorsement on Thursday by the Pennsylvania division of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW).

At Thursday’s rally, at a United Steelworkers hall, members were clearly angry at the incumbent and ready to go to work for Sestak, who pledged to fight for universal health care, an increase in the minimum wage and others issues important to organized labor.

"We need to take back America, take it back from the corporate interests, take it back from the George W. Bush’s, the Dick Cheney’s, the Rick Santorum’s and the Curt Weldon’s," shouted John Meyerson, political director of UFCW Local 1776. "We need to return power in this country to working families."

On the same day, Bender did a piece on Curt's unconstitutional scheme for subverting civilian control of the military. [Note the Times editor, though, calling Weldon's proposal a "pullout plan" is too generous. Curt's stunt is neither a pullout or a plan. Discuss amongst yourselves.]

"I support what we’re doing and I support the president," Weldon said. "This is not me running away from President Bush."

Sestak isn’t buying it, saying Weldon is "trying to wash his hands" of the war. The Democrat has repeatedly criticized the congressman’s position on the war and is calling for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of next year.

"This is just an attempt to pass the buck to the military, which brings no guarantee that our troops will leave Iraq for years to come," Sestak said.

Like our military brass really needs to waste time coming into committee hearings to testify as to why this legislation is a monumentally bad idea.