On the heels of Majority Whip Jim Clyburn’s comments the other day that a positive progress report from General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker might be “a big problem” for Democrats, there are more signs today of disagreement among House Democrats about how to proceed on Iraq. The Hill reports a small but significant item. For the first time in recent memory, House leaders have scheduled a vote on legislation related to Iraq that most Republicans can vote for:

This bill does not have much significance, and that’s precisely why many House Republicans will vote in favor. It will allow them to tell constituents uneasy about the war that they voted for legislation to require a plan for redeployment, or that they voted ‘against the president’ on Iraq. But because the legislation offers something for Republicans, it’s highly controversial among House Democrats: