One has to almost feel badly for Arlen Specter. One day before E-Day, he is fending off a serious challenge from Joe Sestak for the Democratic nod for Novemeber's senate race against Pat Toomey.
Specter -- once a Democrat trapped in a Republican's body before becoming the opposite -- has been his own worst enemy as Sestak traced and tracked him, like a magic bullet, to make this one too close to call.
Heck, Specter's cials can't even make him look and sound like someone who is more likely to plotz, or worse, than to finish out his term. He has become the poster senior for term -- and age -- limits for our lawmakers.
Sestak has hit below the belt at times, but Specter has slung mud as well.
And the choice, if you are still undecided, is go with Sestak. He has the energy, vision and best chance to keep the seat on the righteous side of the aisle in November.
And Specter has no one to blame for it but himself. Sometimes some guys just don't know when to quit. It's up to the rest of us to put people such as this out of their misery.
They shoot horses, don't they?
The least we can do is put an old politician out to pasture.