Unlike The Village People, former Rep. Tim Murphy is not in the Navy. The Washington Post reports that Pennsylvania Republican, who resigned as a commander in the Naval Reserves in September after the service started investigating his conduct over the affair he'd just admitted to having (he would leave the House the next month), spoke to Navy about a possible return. Some officers got concerned about letting Murphy back in, and word got to California Rep. Jackie Speier, who is the top Democrat on the House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel.
Speier sent a letter to the chief of U.S. naval operations on Monday asking why Murphy, who reportedly pressured his mistress to have an abortion when he thought she was carrying his child and also bullied his staff, should be let back in given the "timely resignation as an officer and difficulties investigating reservists’ misconduct while not on military duty." Murphy got the message, and told the Post two days later he wouldn't try and rejoin the Navy. Oh well, it'll give him more time to exchange nasty texts with Rick Saccone.