By now, you've probably read the Novak column on Jack Murtha's "scandalous conduct."

Here was the headline from Sunday's WaPost's editorial on the subject:

The Hammer's Back!

This time in the form of a Democrat, Rep. John Murtha

... So I got to thinking; Murtha really needs a good nickname. I mean, it worked so well for the Dems, that we sort of owe it to old Jack ...

Here goes: "The Mallett?"

Yeah. Doesn't quite work, does it?