As a perpetual student of linguistics and semantics, Sen. Specter's affirmation of his left-side-of-the-aisle ideology provides me with an opportunity to demonstrate how people live up to their names...politically speaking in this case.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specter

For his sake, I hope Senator Specter is able to retire in January 2011 and spend quality time with his family.