Wasn't it Clausewitz who said " War is a continuation of diplomacy... by other means."? I paraphrase of course.
Daschle cannot know the outcome of this drama, it is approaching in the middle act, not yet the final.
The democrats best be careful they don't paint themselves as the anti-Bush, anti-war, anti-American party. They wil pay heavily next November.
They already have. And they will.