[goldstategop]

The treaty is now a non-issue. Even the Democrats have moved on. If the Russians aren't complaining about it, our Left can hardly be softer on national defense than Moscow.

[lepton]

If the Russians aren't complaining about it, our Left can hardly be softer on national defense than Moscow.

An interesting tidbit: While the debate was going on, President Bush visited President Putin, and in conversation noted to Putin that the American media trusts his opinion more than it does Bush's - and that if Putin didn't make a big deal out of it, the media would let it go. Putin didn't so the issue went away.