Reading reports
(here) of the debate and vote on fighting to win in Iraq, I learned this detail about the now-famous challenge to Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) concerning his proposal to cut and run in Iraq . . . apparently Harold Ford, Jr.--the likely Democrat Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, charged a "fellow" female congressman in response. Yikes, Junior, rein it in.
It was last fall when Murtha announced that he believed the administration should begin planning to bring the troops out of Iraq. On the floor of the House, freshman Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) sparked chaos as she recounted a phone call she had just received from a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve.
"He asked me to send Congress a message: Stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message — that cowards cut and run, Marines never do," said Schmidt, as Democrats booed and shouted at her and Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.) charged across the aisle.
Another interesting tidbit from the article . . . Sen. John Kerry (who, you may not know, is a decorated Vietnam veteran) is leading the way for the Left in the U.S. Senate:
In the Senate, Republicans sought to embarrass divided Democrats by offering Sen. John Kerry's troop withdrawal amendment as their own. The amendment was rejected, 93-6.
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