In a television interview this afternoon, Democratic Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen pronounced judgment on the doctors who were operating on Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., when he died. Cohen, a government attorney before he began his political career, was asked about tort reform in health care when he brought up Murtha’s death:

“As we speak today, Rep. John Murtha died. And he was my friend, and he served this country for many years…He died because, when he went in for gall bladder surgery, his intestine was perforated. And that shouldn’t have happened. It was, from what I understand, malpractice.”