HOUSE REPUBLICANS HOPE VOTE ON MURTHA RESOLUTION WILL EMBARRASS DEMOCRATS

Wow. The U.S. House of Representatives is in chaos, shouting all over the place, as Republicans seek to "expose" a split among Democrats about the Iraq War by forcing a vote on a resolution demanding a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. CNN is showing footage of the impassioned debate. This is all in response to Rep. Jack Murtha's (D-PA -- "Mister Military") call for an immediate start to redeployment of our forces from Iraq.

They goofed by trying to substitute for Murtha's resolution a resolution that did not include Murtha's six-month "cushion" -- Murtha estimated that it would take approximately six months to accomplish a withdrawal. That gives Democrats ammunition to expose the Rethugs' obviously partisan gambit (virtually no-one seriously believes that the troops can be withdrawn in toto at one time).

Tags: Murtha, Iraq War, Republican House, resolution