Just when it seems congressional Republicans have finally gotten the message about standing on principle before grasping for power, they go and pull a Dede Scozzafava.

Scozzafava is the “Republican” New York assemblywoman selected by the GOP establishment as their candidate in the upcoming special election to succeed Rep. John McHugh. He recently resigned from his seat representing the Empire State’s 23rd Congressional District on Capitol Hill to become President Obama’s secretary of the Army.