Politico’s David Rogers has the story of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the powerful head of the House Appropriations defense subpanel, is in intensive care in
“„Murtha’s congressional office confirmed that he underwent scheduled laparoscopic surgery to remove his gallbladder at Bethesda Naval Hospital last week. But the congressman’s spokesman refused comment on the seriousness of his condition or any complication that required hospitalization.