Welcome to the end of your Polical career Garth

Yeah, so "maverick" MP Garth Turner, who quit the Tories in a huff a few months back, decided to join the Liberal party today. Bad move mister. You had some shred of credibility (barely), complaining about Harper and his tyrannical rule over caucus. I'd even of bought it if you'd joined the Green party. But the Liberals? Who you were slamming a year ago during the campaign? And when you nailed Emerson for crossing the floor?

Notably, he denounced Harper's decision to swear Emerson into cabinet. Emerson crossed the floor after being elected as a Liberal in January 2006. Turner said then that anyone who crossed the floor should step down and run in a byelection.

According the Star, the quote was:

“If you want to be a Liberal, be elected as a Liberal. All those things have honour but the honour is bestowed by the people, not by the individual.”

Of course, this is the same Turner who led a tax revolt against the Tories in 1987 from the pages of the Toronto Sun, where he was a pitiful excuse for a business columnist. He ran against Campbell for the leadership, got killed, but was made Minister of National revenue. Thus, the man once leading a revolt against Canada's taxes was made responsible for collecting them. Great optics there.

In any case, let's take a collective breath at the stupidity of this move. Enjoy your last moment in the spotlight Garth. Even if you get the Liberal nomination in Halton, you are dead in the next election. D-E-A-D. You were probably dead before you got kicked out of the Conservative caucus, but then, at least, you had a (barely) credible argument to make as an independent. Now, to go with mouthy, you get the opportunist tag.