[DoughtyOne]

Hmmm, seems like the House only needs to get rid of 153 people, to raise the level of discussion.

[Jonah Johansen]

The resolution is rather tame. I would be interested in precisely which line the opponents disagreed with.
It really reminds me of a state legislature passing a resolution honoring local police officers for their bravery and sacrifice; their is always one leftist who votes no because they do not want to be seen as ignoring police brutality.

Can you imagine the message it would send to the insurgents if the vote had been something like 400 yea - 9 nay. It would make it crystal clear that there attempt to break our will through slaughtering innocents had failed.
Now with 153 Democrats voting for retreat, their leaders can say all we need is to convince 52 more legislators; with the help of the US media and another four months of slaughtering civilians we will win this.
The 153 Democrats are simply sending a message to the terrorists hang in there "Help is on the way"