Embattled CNN news chief Eason Jordan has resigned in the wake of the the scandal surrounding his accusation that journalist battlefield deaths in Iraq are the result of targeting by the U.S. military.

While it is true that Internet media was responsible for keeping the heat on Jordan, the heat would have dissipated quickly if not for the principled truth-telling of two liberal Democrats from New England: Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts, and Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut. They could have kept silent or stonewalled in the same fashion that Jordan and CNN did, but instead they spoke out and refused to let Jordan get away with his baseless and incendiary accusation. Good for them. While they may take stances that I disagree with, in my book, their actions here will always be a credit to their character.