look at it again

I think it'd be useful to point out that of those 13 Democrats, some of them (e.g. Maxine Waters and Lynn Woolsey) were more about protesting any funding at all.

I know they feel very strongly about ending the war now, but I think if you look at realisitically, voting against this bill is not helping the cause. That being said, I'm proud of our men and women in Congress today. You know just today when I was looking at the 08 Senate forecast, I thought to myself "boy, sometimes I still cant believe we CONTROL CONGRESS." And days like today are why it really matters.

I don't think there's any real connection to be drawn through Jerry Lewis. Rather, Republicans are bad on two counts: firstly they're corrupt, secondly they're wrong. You're conflating a pair of separate (and hopefully equally damaging) flaws in their political thought and conduct.

Why aren't the so called "Dems" who voted with Jerry Lewis called out on the front page?

And its too late, I just said Holy Joe, when it was a house vote lol.  Time for bed!  

Legislatures can't be miracle workers but seemingly futile exercises still bear great merit.

The people of this country are faced with highly visible and distinct choices when Congress passes legislation like this. True, it's frustrating that change requires patience when the topic is ending a war. But that adds further reinforcement to the concept that a rush to war is always foolhardy unless a clear and present danger to our nation exists.

It took but three decades to unlearn that lesson gained in Vietnam. One hopes when this one concludes, we can look to thirty years more of relative peace. Because the cemetery industrial complex can't often be restrained that long.