Chris Dodd takes to the op-ed page of the Hartford Courant to defend his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, from insane smears and accusations coming from Chris Healy of the CT Republican Party.

Of course anyone who’s paid the slightest bit of attention to the CT GOP and the NRSC’s attacks on Dodd knows that they don’t give a rats ass about the content of the smears they levy, only the political value that is reaped for them. Jay Howser, Dodd’s campaign manager, debated CT GOP chair Chris Healy this morning. In the segment, Howser succeeds in getting Healy to admit what this is all about: getting a Republican Senator who will stand in the way of Obama administration’s agenda — which is overwhelmingly supported by people in Connecticut and Americans around the country.

The GOP is going to keep throwing mud at Dodd and his family, but at least we now know unequivocally why they are doing it. Hopefully Healy et alia stay honest with Connecticut voters and reminds them that their beef is not with Chris Dodd’s distinguished service to the country, but with the possibility of a successful Obama administration during a time of war and economic crisis.