Loyola, of all people, would know

"Legislation in jeopardy" blares The Telegram's headline today. "Atlantic Accord Funding in Jeopardy", chimes in VOCM:

"One Conservative MP from this province calls it the sneakiest, lowest form of politics he's ever seen. Loyola Hearn says the Atlantic Accord is in real jeopardy because of a budget bill tabled by the Liberals. Hearn says Bill C-43 contains legislation on the Atlantic Accord, but it also contains several other pieces of legislation, including amendments to the Kyoto accord."

Ignore the other sloppy errors of fact for a second ("amendments to the Kyoto accord", "contains several other pieces of legislation")...

It would take Lieola Hearn — he of the Blame Canada Atlantic Accord resolution and more other pieces of Parliamentary and press obfuscation than one can shake VOCM's toll-free number at — to recognize sneaky and low forms of politics.

He is, after all, one of the sneakiest and lowest forms of politicians. This is the guy who counted his several hundred routine procedural interventions in the House, in his Parliamentary officer's role, towards his "working for you" count. Loyola, you may have been working alright, but that was on Peter McKay's and Stephen Harper' dime, not St. John's South's.

In any event, Loyola now finds himself in the same position he put Newfoundland's Liberal MPs just scarce months ago, only more so.

You refused to entertain any amendment to your cutesy little motion that might have eliminated the squirm factor, and you chortled, in your seat and on the airwaves as you watched your opponents squirm, as if on cue.

But he that lives by the recorded vote dies by it, Lieola.

Come Final Reading on The Deal and its governing bill, whose side will you be on? Got that VOCM switchboard number handy?