I certainly think it was ill-advised for Jean Schmidt to read that letter in the House. I donโ€™t think itโ€™s as transparently obvious that she was calling Murtha a coward โ€” which he obviously isnโ€™t โ€” as so many others do. But in the hothouse of this debate it should have been transparently obvious to Schmidt that it would be taken that way. Murthaโ€™s an honest, brave and patriotic guy. Heโ€™s also wrong. But therein lies the debate.