[inquest]

when the Republicans lecture the Rats about playing with a defense bill, they're just hypocrites

That horse had already left the barn when they attached Katrina aid (with who-knows-what little goodies for local pols and politically connected interests) to the defense appropriations bill. Lewis's amendment had at least some vague relation to national security.

[Wasanother]

Your right, it seems more and more politicians are too willing to tamper with defense bills for political posturing and one-line sound bites.