Poor Dems wrenched

WASHINGTON, May 22 — Congressional Democrats relented Tuesday on their insistence that a war spending measure set a date for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq. Instead, they moved toward a deal with President Bush that would impose new conditions on the Iraqi government.

The decision to back down was a wrenching reversal for leading Democrats, who saw their election triumph in November as a call to force an end to the war.

They flat-out folded, is what they did. Let the troops do the dying: They're just worried about their jobs.

What, will these hands ne'er be clean?

Link: Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill - New York Times