What would we do if Sam Brown­back and Pat Roberts weren’t there to save us from non­bind­ing res­o­lu­tions oppos­ing the esca­la­tion. All that would stand between democ­ra­cy and our pol­i­cy in Iraq would be Joe Lieberman.

Con­ve­nient­ly, John McCain had to be out of town for an ice cream social and to teach chil­dren not to use con­doms. Pri­or­i­ties, you know.