First, Senators John Warner (R-VA) and Carl Levin(D-MI) agreed to merge their competing resolutions, giving the merged resolution a much better chance of passage.
Second, GOP minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), along with conservative GOP hawk and Bush suck-up Pat Roberts (R-KS), both seemed to endorse a timetable this week. Roberts - who you'll remember as the Senate Intelligence Committee Chair who refused to do anything critical of the Bush administration for six years - today said we won't be able to sustain the war more than six months without some real progress, and McConnell said this week that the "surge" was the Iraqi government's "last chance."
"I don't think this war can be sustained for more than six months if in fact we don't see some progress," said Roberts. His comments came two days after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the new U.S. military push was the Iraqis' "last chance."
It's anarchy on the Republican side of the aisle. Things are moving fast.
