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First Posted: 8/9/2010 
 By <a href=https://www.timesleader.com/reporter/Andrew_Seder.html>Andrew M. Seder</a> <a href="mailto:aseder@www.timesleader.com">aseder@www.timesleader.com</a> Times Leader Staff Writer 
On active duty and not permitted to discuss politics, U.S. Rep. was silent as his opponent in the November election attacked his views on tax payer funded abortion. On Monday, not silenced by the Navy Reserve uniform, Carney went on the offensive himself in a no-holds barred conference call.

He called out his Republican challenger, Tom Marino, for making statements last week that insinuated the congressman used his wife&amp;rsquo;s breast cancer surgery as a reason to duck placing his name as a cosponsor on a bill that would have prohibited taxpayer funds being used for abortions. Marino made the claims, Carney said, at a time he was in uniform and restricted from commenting.
The issue at hand is House Resolution 5939, which was introduced July 29 and listed a bipartisan lineup of co-sponsors, including U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke. Carney&amp;rsquo;s absence on the list was pointed out by Marino&amp;rsquo;s campaign a few days after the bill was intriduced, which happened to coincide with the congressman being on his annual active duty stint and just days after his wife's surgery. Both of those facts, the Marino campaign contends, it was unaware of when it made the initial statements.
During the 10 minute conference call, Carney did not hold back when attacking Marino and his campaign.
&amp;ldquo;My priority in the time leading up to Jen&amp;rsquo;s surgery on July 30 was my family,&amp;rdquo; Carney said. &amp;ldquo;The way that Tom Marino has carried out this latest attack, repeatedly attacking on this issue when he knew the circumstances, demonstrates he is bereft of basic human decency. It is gutter politics of the worst kind and it has absolutely no place in our community.&amp;rdquo;
Fitzgerald responded by saying &amp;ldquo;For Chris Carney to be lecturing somebody on gutter politics is laughable. His entire career is based on gutter politics.&amp;rdquo;
To read the complete story see Tuesday's edition of The Times Leader.
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Carney bashes Marino, calls him "bereft of basic human decency"