[Alia]

Murtha is only laying the groundwork so 6-9 months from now when the first US troops are probably redeployed to Kuwait or shipped home he and the dems can try to claim some credit for it.

Good point. What else can they campaign on as a "win" for themselves? Gorelicks Wall? The 9-11 commission? Their Clinton Admin "immigration" laws and records? Universal Health Care given 11 hospitals bankrupting in So. Cal under laws laid by Democrats? Their anti-obesity campaigns while always championing pork in every single bill?

[moose2004]

"What else can they campaign on as a "win" for themselves?"

They'll probably give the standard Kerry 2004 campaign response that they're smarter than Repubs and you can trust them to run things better, translated they don't have any plans or original ideas. What a joke.