There is not one shred of dishonesty in that question. He presented the choice as he saw it. Turns out, it worked out just that way: a close vote. You would rather have had the Lee amendment, which would have died an immediate, pointless and embrassing death? How much of a loser would the Dems seem to be then?

Tell you what, I'm not voting for you for Speaker. A speaker that organized the party that way would be headed for the exits very fast.

Yes, I would rather have had, "Immediate withdrawal, no more money for anything but redeployment, and oh, by the way, Bush is impeached." But I'd like to be married to Shakira, too. Ain't gonna happen.