Amidst many missteps and revisions, there have been a few running themes to the Democratic ‘strategy’ on Iraq since the party took back Congress last fall. They’ve tried to cow the president into drawing down from Iraq while refusing to use their authority to do so–since that would leave them ‘on the hook’ for whatever happens next. And, they’ve tried to tell their base one thing and the American people another. It looks like both trends will continue tomorrow, when the House debates the ‘Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act.’ The measure states:
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