The AP isn't happy. Check out the first line in the story:
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress plunged into divisive election-year debate on the Iraq war Thursday as the U.S. military death toll reached 2,500. The Senate soundly rejected a call to withdraw combat troops by year's end, and House Republicans laid the groundwork for their own vote.In a move Democrats criticized as gamesmanship, Senate Republicans brought up the withdrawal measure and quickly dispatched it – for now – on a 93-6 vote.
"Gamemanship?" More like "Let's see the Dems replay the Vietnam pullout." Hah. NO way most of the Dems would go on record against the will of the American people. Heh-heh-heh.
So who were the six? All Democrats, all of them with locks on their Senate seats (hat tip: Hugh Hewitt, who calls them the KosCaucus):
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
John Kerry (D-MA)
Not voting was Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
Update: Pullout also rejected by the House, though not as dramatically: 256-153.
Here's the full roll, thanks to Allahpundit.
