Published: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:05 AM CDT

Harkin, King trade jabs on immigration

By DAN GEARINO, Globe Gazette Des Moines Bureau

DES MOINES — Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. Steve King traded attacks on Thursday over immigration legislation, with Harkin calling King an irresponsible attention-seeker and King replying that Harkin hasn’t done enough to say where he stands on the issue.

Harkin fired the first shot in a conference call with reporters when he was asked to comment on King’s outspoken opposition to the Senate immigration bill. King has said that each senator who votes for the bill should “wear a scarlet letter A for amnesty.â€