This is the Washington Post’s sad endorsement of Jim Moran:

In Virginia’s 8th District, we have been critical of Rep. James P. Moran Jr. , a Democrat whose past bouts of hot temper, atrocious judgment and ethical bumbling cast doubt on his fitness for office. Nor have we forgotten his pernicious remark that Jewish Americans bore special responsibility for leading the nation into war in Iraq.
However, neither major party has come up with a viable alternative to Mr. Moran, and after more than two decades in public office, including five years as mayor of Alexandria and 16 years in Congress, he appears unlikely to be dislodged. Mr. Moran has broken with his party in backing sensible free-trade measures and is pressing for infrastructure improvements to help absorb the 20,000 new military employees whose jobs are to be relocated to Fort Belvoir. He had a decent record in the past two years in Congress. He is well liked by many of his constituents, who have been willing to overlook his missteps because he remains conscientious about his duties in office and attentive to local concerns. There is something to admire in all that, and it is the basis for our endorsing him this year, with the above-stated reservations.