The Senate debate on the war, casualties and funding

With another 2 weeks remaining in July, we have reached just one short of the 43 total U.S. Fatalities for July 2006. Sad days indeed.

With the Senate falling short of the needed 60 votes, the vote was 52-46 for bringing home the troops within 120 days of the Bill's enactment. The Democrats continually ask fellow Republicans to vote with them, to have the courage to go against the president and his failed policy. But if Democrats had the same courage they would vote to cut off the funds as Rep. John Murtha suggested almost a year ago. I just heard Sen. Biden on the Senate floor saying "as long as there was even just 1 troop in Iraq" that he was in favor of funding them. Senator Biden, that is why you haven't broken into the top tier for President. Your Iraq ideas are sound regarding the only realistic solutions in Iraq and what policy we should be supporting with the Iraqi government. Unfortunately, you ideas here at home regarding funding the troops, sounds more like a Republican or that new Independent, Senator Joe Lieberman.

Joe, change course on this if you truly believe we can't get this President to voluntarily change course in Iraq. Every day that the funding continues from today the Democrats own this war, because they had the tools and the power to stop it and won't. And this, Senator Biden, comes from a supporter and contributor to your Presidential campaign.