They should know better

A number of Senate Republicans have turned to jello on Iraq. They should know better.

From the Democrats, I understand it. It's what they do. But these folks should know better.

Though to his credit, Chuck did get off the nicest riff of the day:

"You want a safe job - go sell shoes!" Hagel told his colleagues.

His exhortation to colleagues, Democrat and Republican alike, is a breath of fresh air to some extent in that it's going to pin people down and make them accountable for their positions on Iraq. That is something that Congress--both houses for the most part--have escaped for most of the last 3 years.

What Chuck misses though is that this vote, as Hugh puts it so eloquently, dooms any and all of the Republican members foolish enough to sign on...to the point that it may in fact doom them to a semi-permanent minority status for the forseeable future.

Conservatives don't vote Republicans to the Senate so they can talk, act and ultimately vote like Democrats.