[My2Cents]

Politically, the longer this drags out in the Senate, the worse the repercussions for the Democrats. If they want to drag this out to the elections next month, it will give people more reason to vote the 'Rats out, and Republicans in.

[Brytani]

The longer Byrd draws this out the more time it gives the democrats to shift the debate from Iraq and Homeland Defense to the Economy. What we need is the debate to go on, for people to see how their Senators feel about Iraq, if the voters do not know how their Senator is going to vote until after the election, they can not take it into consideration.