Article: Lieberman Should Join the GOP.(Joseph Lieberman)(Viewpoint essay)

Byline: John W. Mashek

If the Democrats add to their majority in the Senate in November, as widely predicted, they should invite Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, to step across the aisle. He should be far more comfortable on the Republican side.

Lieberman's unbending support of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, must be galling to Democrats in Congress and beyond.

Lieberman may have reason to tweak the Democrats after losing the party primary in 2006 over his support of the war in Iraq. He was re-elected as an independent despite opposition from the state and national parties.

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