All well and good, but if this backfires on the Republicans...
If they lost this vote, it would be a monumental global disaster.
He won't bring this forward if he doesn't have the votes. He'll have the votes of all the Repubs, and 60 or so Dems.
I can't see more then 50 house members voting for this resolution. 75 tops.
This would be a unifying vote, bringing Republicans together and splitting the Dems.
First rule of calling a vote is to make sure you have the votes first.
The mere act of calling for debate will be spun by the MSM as evidence of the Congress's disatisfaction with the President and the WOT in Iraq. Regardless of the final vote or even the tenor of the debates (which I'm guessing will NOT be televised on the networks), all the American people will be told is that a premature pull-out is inevitable!
If Congress votes to repeat some of America's most shameful history by voting to cut and run, then I say keep your powder dry - because defense of our country will be up to the unorganized militia!
You wouldn't be talking about the ah hem RINO factor, would you? :-)
Congress doesn't get to tell the Commander-in-Chief how to move troops.