Finally, a little backbone...

Politics is somewhat of a sport after all. Lets see how this latest game played out:

• Democrats continually beating the "Bush lied, people died" drum in advance of the mid-term elections, with the help of the major (in no way mainstream anymore) media.

• The Administration and other GOPers calling out the Democrats on their previous Clinton era comments on Saddam, WMDs, imminent threats, and so on, their vote to approve military action against him, and exposing the hyprocrisy, with the help of conservative media such as talk radio and the blogosphere.

• Democrats bring up a war hero, Murtha, to act as the mouthpiece to hide behind. He's been wanting to pull out of Iraq for some 18 months now, so at least he's consistent. How can you beat up a genuine war hero saying he wants an 'immediate' withdrawal from Iraq? War hero or no, you certainly can beat up the idea, not the man.

• Republicans call the bluff and request a vote...'Cut and run, or stay 'til we're done'. Dems tried their best to vote down the vote, and failed. Final numbers 403 to 3 to vote down an immediate pullout. Nothing was heard on the voice vote, but 3 Democrats recorded their support for immediate pullout. Six Dems voted 'present'.

• In the aftermath, Dems are now saying there's a world of difference between a withdrawal and immediate pullout. GOPers made it too black-and-white a question. Go look at what representative Murtha said. He said 'immediate'. You guys might want to be careful about which mouthpiece you hide behind next time.

• Score? Well, considering the endless posturing of our elected officials on both sides, I'll grudgingly give points to conservatives for backbone. The real winners? Our military. They finally got a vote of confidence to stay the course.