Congress leaves for Easter recess today, with Democrats congratulating themselves for having endorsed, by the narrowest of margins, “a deadline” for withdrawal from Iraq. The press corps is also praising their “cohesion”. Wonderful, now that MoveOn.org is happy, maybe Congress will finally fund the troops.

 

Democrats are calling this, in short form, the “Iraq Accountability Act,” but the key word in that construction is the last one. This is all an act. This week the Senate joined the House in passing a “deadline” for Iraq withdrawal that Members know has no chance of becoming law. President Bush has promised a veto, and the eyelash victories in both houses show that his veto will be sustained with ease. Read it Here: http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009871