The Seattle congressman just made a big campaign contribution to the Republican party.

Rep. Jim McDermott has paid more than $1 million to House Minority Leader John Boehner, ending a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call.
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Boehner's spokesman, Kevin Smith, said the $1.09 million payment includes $628,000 from McDermott's campaign account, and about $465,000 from McDermott's legal expense trust fund.

"Every last penny will be used to help elect Republicans," Smith said, calling it ironic that McDermott — an outspoken partisan — "is helping fund the defeat of his fellow Democrats.   I wouldn't expect he'll receive a lot of thank you's come November."

It is good to see McDermott contributing to a good cause.

What makes this all wonderfully ironic is that the illegally taped phone call was innocuous, but neither McDermott, nor the New York Times, which published an article based on the illegal tape, realized that, so blinded were they both by partisanship.

Cross posted at Jim Miller on Politics.