Reid must be getting reports from the military showing that progress is accelerating in Iraq. As a result, we when we start drawing down our troop presence in the next 6 months, Reid will be able to claim that things went well because Bush finally started following the Democrats' advice.
No ... this an amendment they are attaching to the Defense Spending Bill that the President has mention he would veto
The Dems are trying to re-write the 2002 Iraq Resolution
Ya, that is my take exactly, which I typed out before reading your post. You are a very perspicacious one. :)