Larry's onto something here, but we don't know for sure, and given the supposed importance of the bill at the time, it may or may not be the case, and unless someone really wants to take the time to research it (not me), we just can't be sure.
There is no question that many Republicans and Democrats in Congress alike have showed zero preference for leadership over partisan politics. I will note that John McCain has been a consistent voice in the wilderness in that respect - battling his own party as often as the Democrats on the big issues. His co-sponsorship of this bill is a perfect example of how he is a leader on the issues that matter. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Maureen wrote: > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269774 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
