Ed Markey disinvites pal Ben Jones from fundraiser over Confederate flag flap

Rep. Ed Markey disinvited an old friend from a D.C. fundraiser Tuesday night over his support of the Confederate flag. Actor and former Georgia congressman Ben Jones, best known as "Cooter" on "Dukes of Hazzard," was scheduled to play with Cooter's Garage Band at the $5,200-a-person fundraiser for Markey's Massachusetts' senate campaign. But at the last minute, Markey asked Jones not to come. "The fact that this is regarded as a political liability means that they think it's going to be a close ...