My head hurts..they were so disgusted that they voted for the political stunt??????
Yes. They lose either way. If they ahd voted against it, they would be undermining the troops, and it's nonbinding anyway. Furthermore, it would alienate a lot of middle American voters.
OTOH, by voting for it, they simply negate their own complaints about the vote, show themselves for the gutless hypocrites they are, and alienate the Cindy Jihad/Michael Smoore/Code Pinko left that controls the Dimmycrap party.