A good Republican?

That would be an ex-Republican. Via Think Progress...

Rep. Jim Campbell, a veteran Republican state legislator in Maine, has announced he’s leaving the party over its inability to solve his state’s and the nation’s broken health care system. In a statement, Campbell expresses frustration with the party, saying he wants to “send a message” to Republicans in Washington to stop blocking health care reform for “partisan gain.”

The bells are tolling back home. Are those women from Maine listening?

Welcome Senator Specter (D-PA)…

…or, rather, welcome back...

...before 1966 he was a registered Democrat, but decided in 1965 to run as a Republican candidate for Philadelphia District Attorney when he realized he wasn't getting the support of the local Democratic Party for the post and Philly's Republican leader approached him about running.

Any port in a storm, it seems.

But welcome just the same. And tell your old pals the tent's still plenty roomy.