Former Senator Chafee Cuts Ties with Republican Party

I think lots of Republicans are disgusted with what is going on with their party. Bush is single-handedly destroying the GOP. Unfortunately, there aren't enough Republican political leaders like Chafee who are willing to speak out. We would all be better off if they did, including the Republican Party:

Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee says he has left the Republican Party because the national GOP has drifted too far from him on critical issues, including the war in Iraq, the economy and the environment.

"It's not my party any more," Chafee, who represented Rhode Island from 1999 until 2007 told The Providence Journal.

Chafee said he is now an unaffiliated voter after leaving the GOP "in June or July."

He was a principled Senator. We need more politicians in Congress like him:

Chafee made an issue of his differences with the national party during his last election campaign. He was the only Republican senator to oppose the resolution supporting the invasion of Iraq and was also critical of the "permanent deficits" caused by Republican tax cuts.