Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post has a clear-eyed take on the political skullduggery that Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have been engaged in, trying to play both sides of their "moderate Republican" position in an increasingly extreme political age. Of course, Phoenix readers know exactly how "moderate" they are, having voted with George W. Bush on nearly every major issue during his presidency.
And now they're trying to blame their own political cowardice on the Democrats. Good luck with that.