Arlen Specter isn't leaving Washington quietly.
In his final speech on the Senate floor, the outgoing Republican-turned-Democrat sounded off on the tea party, the rise of partisanship in Congress and the "judicial activism" of the Supreme Court.
"Defeating your own is a form of sophisticated cannibalism," the Pennsylvania senator said of the tea party activists who worked to defeat GOP centrists.
Specter bemoaned the loss of a Senate where both parties seemed to be interested in finding compromise, and he was especially critical of lawmakers who campaigned against their fellow members.
One down. POWDERMAN.
