Moving toward "niggardly" territory...

Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer has apologized for saying that his Republican opponent, Michael Steele, has "a career of slavishly supporting the Republican Party."

Steele took offense, saying that "It goes to just the sheer craziness of some in the Democratic Party who think they can use racist terms and infer things about me just because I'm an African American Republican."

No, Michael--it goes to show the sheer madness of deciding Hoyer cannot use a perfectly appropriate word in the context in which he used it. Hoyer, in my opininon, is a wimp for apologizing.