Spine

The Democrats in the House of Representatives finally showed some backbone, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi scored her first major victory, by passing a bill requiring George W. Bush to withdraw from Iraq by September 2008 and to provide progress reports (as if what we're doing in Iraq can actually be called progress) between now and then. Bush responded with a threat to veto any bill regarding funding for the Iraq War, noting that it would be sustained, as it passed by only the barest majority in the House (218 members, including two Republicans), but it shows the tide is turning back toward checks and balances and that Bush can't rely on a docile Congress to let him do his dirty work. Bush, as is common with an alcoholic, is in denial about this. :-O