He has let it be known that he doesn't want Joe Lieberman booted out of the Democratic Senate caucus; it would violate the spirit of "bipartisanship" and unity that he's talked of so much.
Okay--so what will Obama do now that leading Democrat Patrick Leahy has laid a marker down today?
"Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's chances of holding onto his committee chairmanship suffered a blow Friday when a key New England Democrat came out against him. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Democrat-turned-independent Lieberman doesn't deserve to keep his Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs chairmanship because of his campaign attacks on President-elect Barack Obama."
If Obama caves to Leahy and others, it will be a sign that his talk of unity etc is just that--all talk.
