Taking their cue from President-elect Barack Obama, Democrats in the Senate decided not to take revenge on Joe Lieberman despite lingering anger over the Connecticut independent's forceful support of John McCain over Obama in the presidential campaign.
In opting to let bygones be bygones, Democrats decided to let Lieberman, remain chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee even though some Senate Democrats wanted to punish him for criticizing Obama in a speech at the Republican National Convention and elsewhere as he traveled around the country campaigning for McCain.
Obama had weighed in on Lieberman's behalf to urge Democrats to …
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