“To admit it, to the camera, that you switched parties to save your keister is unacceptable. … It reminds me of the guy who puts on the woman’s dress to get in the lifeboat on the Titanic. You don’t look too good down in that boat wearing the dress. … And that’s the story of this election, I think.”
– MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter’s loss on election night Tuesday