we don't have 40 votes for a filibuster - we can't even get 30 votes for the Feingold-Reid amendment to set a deadline for getting our troops out of Iraq,
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/ro ll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?con gress=110&session=1&vote=00362#p osition

even though Americans support that position by 73%-22%
http://www.democrats.com/iraq-poll-1