Do the Dems Want to Win on Iraq?
Jay Newton-Small
Time Magazine
Article Excerpt
With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatening to keep the Senate in an all night session over Iraq, it’s worth considering what a Democrats’ win in the current legislative battle over Iraq would really mean — and whether they really even want one.
Republicans accuse the Democrats of overstepping the lines between the executive and legislative branches. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that such a scenario would result in “a mistake for the ages.”
“The worst thing we could do in this war of any other war is start micromanaging deployment of forces by Congress,” Graham said. “The operational control of the war residing in the Senate or House would be a nightmare. Politicians worry about the next election.”
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