So the republicans were pouting about Hagel's opinion on Iraq and they failed to support a bill the president considered extremely significant.
Now that's real leadership. I wonder if Bush or McCain made any effort at all beyond the initial public statement of support. Doesn't sound like it. Of course now it's all the Democrats fault. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I stand corrected. He did indeed co-sponsor a bill that never got out >>of committee > > McCain (or McSame as some prefer) was only one of 3 cosponsors. The other two > were Elizabeth Dole and John Sununu. I think one reason why the bill never > made it out of committee involved the sponsor of the bill, Chuck Hagel - > there was a lot of payback from the republican senate majority leadership > over his stand on the Iraq War. A lot of other bills that he sponsored never > made it out of their respective committees either. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
