Seven GOP Senators Now Back Debate on Iraq War

It looks like Newsweek credited George Bush with a victory a little too early. This evening Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey had a column entitled Maybe The Duck Isn’t So Lame–Bush finds a way to win, or at least not to lose, a crucial showdown on Iraq. A few hours later The Washington Post reports that 7 GOP Senators Back War Debate. It appears they wish to vote to debate after they voted against it. The fact that five are up for reelection in 2008 may have played a part.

The seven Senators, including Hagel and Warner, wrote a letter to the Senate leadership stating their desire to debate despite their vote earlier in the week. Noting that the war is the “most pressing issue of our time,” the senators wrote, “We will explore all of our options under the Senate procedures and practices to ensure a full and open debate.”

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