Leahy: Don't Let The Door Hit You...

Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) fresh off his role in The Dark Knight, feels Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) needs to lose his Committee Chairmanship, and has said so publicly.

UPDATE (11:41am Pacific): Direct quote:

"I'm one who does not feel that somebody should be rewarded with a major chairmanship after doing what he did."

Ooooh.

UPDATE (3:04m Pacific): Now Senator Bernie Saunders (I-VT) is saying it, too.

"To reward Senator Lieberman with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who worked tirelessly for Barack Obama and who want to see real change in our country," Sanders in the statement sent our way by his office.

"Appointing someone to a major post who led the opposition to everything we are fighting for is not 'change we can believe in,'" Sanders continued. "I very much hope that Senator Lieberman stays in the Democratic caucus and is successful in regaining the confidence of those whom he has disappointed. This is not a time, however, in which he should be rewarded with a major committee chairmanship."