The risk is that where the Administration sees strategic maneuvers others will see political cowardice.

You imply that the resulting delay "masks political cowardice."

How many people have been needlessly infected because of his political cowardice?

It is this moral and political cowardice that gets disproportionately rewarded.

The contenders impute to one another everything from raw inexperience to political cowardice.

For him to yank the nomination now would not only be unfair but, some would say, political cowardice.

There would be an empty chair prominently displayed always, a daily reminder of political cowardice that could mean the election.

And it would not be "political cowardice" to do so, as you suggest, but an act of respect for the nearly 3,000 innocent dead.

I do not know if this is a case of short-sightedness or of political cowardice.

We hope Congress will realize that extending the tax cuts would be an act of political cowardice, not courage.