Yo Murtha: Notes on the Congressional Debate on Iraq Withdrawal
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Congressional leadership has scheduled a vote on withdrawing the troops from Iraq. Republicans are spinning this as "calling Murtha's bluff," though, clearly, Rep. John Murtha's not the one with a weak heart for this kind of battle. At his press conference yesterday proposing such a bill, he was asked who his co-sponsors were and Murtha replied, "I didn't ask for any." The GOP is calling the Democratic leadership's bluff -- they're the ones who wanted to bask a bit in the courage of a combat veteran without actually agreeing to his proposal. And, at first glance, the Dems seem to be folding like someone holding a handful of bricks: Denouncing the war, praising Murtha, but saying they'll vote against withdrawal.
Yo Murtha: Notes on the Congressional Debate on Iraq Withdrawal
Yo Murtha: Notes on the Congressional Debate…
Yo Murtha: Notes on the Congressional Debate on Iraq Withdrawal
Congressional leadership has scheduled a vote on withdrawing the troops from Iraq. Republicans are spinning this as "calling Murtha's bluff," though, clearly, Rep. John Murtha's not the one with a weak heart for this kind of battle. At his press conference yesterday proposing such a bill, he was asked who his co-sponsors were and Murtha replied, "I didn't ask for any." The GOP is calling the Democratic leadership's bluff -- they're the ones who wanted to bask a bit in the courage of a combat veteran without actually agreeing to his proposal. And, at first glance, the Dems seem to be folding like someone holding a handful of bricks: Denouncing the war, praising Murtha, but saying they'll vote against withdrawal.