…and ask, “What’s wrong with that?”

“Every political party in the House identifies its voters in one way or another,” Conservative MP John Williamson said. “This is an important part of the political process.”

Conservative House Leader Peter Van Loan added that rumours of Cotler’s pending resignation have been circulating since the Liberal was first elected in 1999. As a result, he said, saying there were rumours of a byelection was a perfectly legitimate thing to tell constituents. [emphasis added]

Words don’t fail, but I won’t use the ones that spring to mind.

[h/t National Newswatch]