A week or so ago I was thinking of ways by which Congress could bring President Bush around to their way of thinking regarding money for troops and withdrawal dates. There were two that came immediately to mind:
1) Pass the same bill again ... and again ... and again ... eventually, people would start to see that it's not Congress that's depriving the troops of money, but the President, with his unending vetoes.
2) Pass a new bill providing money not for a year, but for a month or so, thus forcing the President to come back to Congress, time after time, for more money — and eventually perhaps forcing him to accept at least benchmarks that the Iraqi government would have to meet.
I get the impression that Congress is now looking at this second alternative. And I get the impression that the President is now perhaps looking at some sort of compromise. (I notice that Dick Cheney is now in Iraq and trying to light a fire under the Iraqi government to convince them to actually meet some benchmarks ...)