Asked by Roll Call if he's going to be running again, he answered "Absolutely!" and said fundraising has already started, adding: "I like to be a thorn in people's ass."

Yes, that's Jones all over – a thorn in the War Party's very vulnerable backside. He represents a district with the most military bases in the entire country, and yet this militantly anti-interventionist Republican has managed to beat back repeated challenges from within his own party.

Jones, you'll recall, was virulently pro-war in the run up to the invasion of Iraq: when the French refused to support the war, it was he who demanded the congressional cafeteria change the French fries on their menu to "Freedom fries." As the Iraq disaster unfolded, however, and the lies that got us into that war were revealed, he changed his tune quite dramatically from "Onward Christian Soldiers" to "Taps."