Bangor Daily News April 17, 2007

On June 1, 1950, during a dark time in American history, U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine issued her famous statement of conscience in which she said, “It is high time for the United States Senate and its members to do some soul-searching — for us to weigh our consciences — on the manner in which we are performing our duty to the people of America.”

Recently Congressman Mike Michaud of Maine searched his soul and issued his own statement of conscience by his refusal to vote for the continued funding of the immoral, illegal and very unnecessary war in Iraq.

Congressman Michaud is a true representative of the Maine people because an overwhelming majority of Mainers think the war in Iraq was never worth starting, and they want the killing and the waste of money stopped now.

Mainers of all political persuasions should thank him for his courageous vote.

Gerald Oleson
Bangor