Republican Senators Block Debate on Iraq Resolution

Question: Did the Dems get exactly what they were after? Is that why they spent so much time drafting the resolution? After all, it was/is non-binding and thus unlikely to effect any change in Bush's head-long rush to attack Iran.

But they have forced 47 senators to go before the American public and admit they don't give a damn what the voters want. They will back the idiot-in-chief despite public opinion.

Forty-nine senators, almost all Democrats, voted to proceed with the debate, whereas forty-seven senators, nearly all Republicans, voted against - 11 short of the number needed under Senate rules on the issue.

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