For those of you who've decided that the choice between Steny Hoyer and Jack Murtha for House Majority Leader isn't exactly a reassuring one, this won't make you feel any better. A press release from the good-government group Public Citizen touting the group's new comparison of the ethics records of Hoyer and Murtha has just landed in our in-box, and when you look at their records side by side, the overall effect is, to put it charitably, less than flattering to both men. More after the jump.

Check out these two paragraphs from Public Citizen's release:

During this congressional session, Hoyer voted against the public interest on measures to exempt Internet communications - including campaign communications and paid campaign advertisements - from campaign finance laws; subject Section 527 political organizations to the same campaign finance limits and disclosure requirements that apply to all other political action committees; increase fuel economy standards to at least 33 miles per gallon by 2015; and cut money from the Energy Department's nuclear reprocessing fund. In addition, Hoyer voted for sweeping energy legislation that gave billions of dollars in subsidies for the oil and coal industries but contained only minimal provisions for clean energy.

During the same session, Murtha voted against the public interest on measures to make it harder for citizens to file state class action lawsuits; cap damages available to victims of medical malpractice; prohibit lawsuits against gun makers; exempt Internet communications - including campaign communications and paid campaign advertisements - from campaign finance laws; subject Section 527 political organizations to the same campaign finance limits and disclosure requirements that apply to all other political action committees; increase fuel economy standards to at least 33 miles per gallon by 2015; open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas production; and cut money from the Energy Department's nuclear reprocessing fund. In addition, Murtha voted for sweeping energy legislation that gave billions of dollars in subsidies for the oil and coal industries but contained only minimal provisions for clean energy.

It should be noted, however, that the group finds that Hoyer is the number one most dependent House member on what it's calling "special interest money," while Murtha checks in way down at number 18.