Liberman is doing what all politicians should do, back up what he believes. If more did this then our country wouldn't be in this condition today. He wasn't totally honest with us though, he didn't voice his true opinion on Sarah Palin, so he fails in that respect. And on losing his chairmanship, that's politics, I'm sure he saw it coming and he knew the consequences before backing McCAin. Basically this is a non issue and it's hard to imagine the republicans handling this any more civil than the democrats.