With a friend like Harry Reid, you really do not need many enemies:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., defended Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Wednesday after the former Democratic vice presidential nominee accepted a speaking slot at next month’s Republican convention in Minnesota.

“He has a close personal relationship with John McCain. I don’t fully understand why he does,” said Reid, who said Lieberman called Tuesday from the Republic of Georgia to alert him to the move.

“I told him last night, ‘You know, Joe, I can’t stand John McCain.’ He said, ‘I know you feel that way,’ ” Reid said.

But Reid said he would continue to resist calls from the Democratic Party’s base to strip Lieberman, now an independent, of his Senate positions for his disloyalty.

“All my close votes, he’s always with me, whether it’s the budget or energy issues,” Reid said. “No matter what it is, he’s always with us. He just does not vote right on Iraq. … Why would I want to throw away a good vote?”

(emphasis -mine)

Sure you support Senator Lieberman’s decision Mr. Reid. Plus, you show so much class in making public the fact that you “can’t stand” a fellow Senator, let alone a presidential candidate.

It is also clear the Majority leader will attempt to protect Senator Lieberman’s committee assignments only because he votes with him the majority of the time.

Does anyone believe that should the Democrats gain a veto proof majority in the Senate that Mr. Reid would not immediately throw Senator Lieberman under the bus?

We’ve seen many a majority leader come and go but Senator Reid has shown himself to be one of the rudest and most classless of all.