Let's see:
Pres. Bush asked Congress for its permission. This was debated, and then Congress voted to support the President, and allow him to pursue this "policy."
Contrast that with Bill Clinton, who asked NO ONE before he launched attacks in Yugoslavia. Clinton asked no one before he launched cruise missile attacks on Iraq, and on an aspirin factory--er, "Chemical weapons plant"--in Somalia.
Seems like the "Bush Doctrine" is constitutional. It is the CLINTON doctrine that was an obscenity.
So, basically, Hinchey has had an opportunity to actually impeach a president who was in the very act of applying what Hinchey calls "The Bush Doctrine" in Iraq in 1998.
He voted against impeachment. Hypocrisy, thy name is Hinchey:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 1999
Hinchey Responds to Senate Vote on Articles of Impeachment
"By voting to acquit President Clinton today, the Senate responded to the will of the American people. The majority of Americans believe, as I do, that the President's behavior was offensive but did not rise to the level of an impeachable offense.
Today's vote finally brings to a close this sad chapter in the history of our nation and the history of the U.S. Congress. More importantly, we hope that the President's acquittal will end the vindictive, partisan investigation that has distracted us from the issues that really matter to the American people: protecting Social Security and Medicare, improving access to health care and strengthening our public schools."