A Trojan Horse

As you probably have heard, Joe Lieberman hired a former aide to Sen. McCain as his communications director. When I heard this I just thought Lieberman was up to his old tricks. It didn't occur to me that this could create a huge problem. But it can, since the Senators' aides get to sit in on all the Democratic strategy sessions:

Yet another Senate Democratic communications director, one whose boss looks a lot like a presidential candidate, said, “What’s more dangerous than a Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-Independent sitting in our strategy sessions? One who is a prodigious leaker. ... I think our ability to speak our minds and get something done in our meetings just plummeted.”