Specter's Vote for an Obama Job? ; the Senator Says Yes to Kagan and Syria; No to Sept. 11 Families

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It appears lame-duck Sen. Arlen Specter, sometime-Democrat from Pennsylvania, hasn't had enough of the Obama administration's job- for-politics merry-go-round. Not one to go gentle into that good night, Mr. Specter is angling to be a special envoy to Syria. At the same time, he is abandoning his own standards in order to support the Supreme Court nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, all while giving the cold shoulder to Sept. 11 victim families even though those victims are trying to help his own legislation.

Mr. Specter's sellout adds new skulduggery to the increasingly troubled ethics of the Kagan nomination. It is a nomination that ought to be foundering because of Ms. Kagan's manipulation of medical information in order to keep partial-birth abortions legal and because she deliberately flouted the law to keep military recruiters away from Harvard Law School.

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Specter's Vote for an Obama Job? ; the Senator Says Yes to Kagan and Syria; No to Sept. 11 Families

Even for a politician known for shape-shifting, Mr. Specter's latest metamorphosis is twisted. The senator famously opposed the nomination of Ms. Kagan to her curren...

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