Your idea is the stuff of Moronism.
If we want out, we don't need the dead words of a dead lame-brain liberal Republican. We have plenty of lame-brains, plenty of liberals, and plenty of idiot liberal republicans around.
You really think you're on to something with this brain storm of yours, that somehow Ford's opinion can be the cover for a retreat, but NEWS FLASH: your idea is moronic.
So, what is your idea, besides ignoring the Ford opinion AS IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, and handing it over as a Christmas present to Murtha, Pelosi, etc.?
You tell them all how the GOP is going to run this war! The GOP will stay the course, call up more troops, and make an eternal commitment. The troops will stay there as long as there is a GOP president and majority in Congress, by golly.
Oh wait. The GOP lost the majority in congress. What to do now? How conservative is it to spend $2 trillion to prop up a corrupt Shiite Hezbullah dominated Iraq?
Keep it up with GOP policies like that, and you will have Hillary and Edwards getting more conservative every day. Thanks for nothing.