I'm not going to hold my breath.

I read way too much stuff on Salon; anyways go read this post, "Joseph McCarthy Reborn."  Here's the last paragraph, emphasis added:

So beware, Rep. West, beware: In the flammable pool of toxic paranoia that passes these days as patriotism in America, a single careless match can light an inferno. You would serve your country well to withdraw your remarks and apologize for them. But if not, perhaps there are members of your own party, as possessed of conscience and as courageous as that handful of Republicans who took on Joseph McCarthy, who will now abandon fear and throw cold water on your incendiary remarks.

Heh, and right after that the congressional Dems with admonish Obama for the ever expanding war on terror insanity.