What Next?

A couple of related issues.

First, I love the mantra invented by the Democrats to cover the next week or so. Now that Congress has passed a war funding act that contains a withdrawal timeline, they're saying "we're one signature away from ending the war". Great politics. Of course Bush plans to veto the bill.

Second, there does not yet seem to be a concensus on what to do after the veto. Of everything I've read thus far, Murtha's proposal seems to make the most sense to me:

Some House Democrats, led by Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, want to pass a shorter-term bill that would provide funding for a few months and allow Congress to revisit the issue.

This is a measure that is a defacto timeline. Give Bush unfettered money through, oh say, August then force Congressional Republicans to make a choice about further Friedman's.