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Many of the Dems who opposed the war will be moving into some pretty powerful positions in January. We can only hope that they are able to slap some common sense into Mr. Bush and his un-realistic views that all is well in Iraq.
The Washington Post has an article about those Democrats who voted against this war and it makes for some good reading!
Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. (S.C.)- "I remember we talked this time about how we got to get answers before this train leaves the station."
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.)-Skelton had written Bush a month earlier, after a White House meeting, to say that "I have no doubt that our military would decisively defeat Iraq's forces and remove Saddam. But like the proverbial dog chasing the car down the road, we must consider what we would do after we caught it."
Rep. David R. Obey (Wis.), who will chair the Appropriations Committee, was among the group that organized the Democrats. He spoke then about poor preparation for postwar Iraq, a concern he developed after listening to State Department officials.
