[SevenMinusOne]

I said he did what was best for the nation. That is not allowing the Dem's to keep the SecDef in hearing rooms after hearing rooms.....when he needs to instead be doing the job of a SecDef at a time of war.

I never said he was happy about it. I am certain he wasn't. But again, if the GOP would have understood the stakes of last election...and put their domestic politics aside (while we were at war)...this nation would be better off today (and SecDef Rumsfeld would still be in that position).

[PaRepub07]

IMHO, I believe they should have held their ground.

Their (dems) present strategy is to have investigation after investigation, hearing after hearing. Apply pressure and demand or force resignations or firings. (I wouldn't give them an inch)