Multiple outlets are reporting that Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., has been hospitalized, and is in intensive care.
The congressman had gallbladder surgery in December; his current hospitalization is reportedly due to complications from that.
A longtime veteran of the House, Murtha has been more prominent in recent years, ever since he came out to call for a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. He’s been having a rough go of it lately, though, as his ties to defense contractors and pork barrel habits in general have been earning him some close scrutiny.
