I'm sorry. Hagel is wrong on the war, but his lifetime ACU rating would make some of our "conservative" senators blush. He's not a democrat, not a liberal, and not likely to switch parties.
Hopefully we won't give him the chance, but will vote him out in a primary.
That ... my friend is the time to do it ...
If folks here think that Republican voters will punish, a politician for voting against the Iraq war they are fooling themselves. Ron Paul has opposed the war from the beginning and has won a landslide in every primary and general election including 2006. By contrast,many many, pro-war pubbies went down to defeat. Smith and Hagel will not suffer because of their votes and, given the public climate, may gain votes because of them.