Now I know why Russ Feingold dropped out of the 2008 presidential race.
Why spend all that money, time, and energy on campaigning to be president when you can be commander-in-chief without leaving your senate seat?
Feingold has decided it's time to the end the war, so he's introducing legislation today to achieve that end.
From The Chicago Tribune:
In an intensifying debate on the war in Iraq, Democratic senators began probing Tuesday how Congress could halt President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq or even use its powers to halt the war altogether.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) introduced legislation that would immediately place a cap on the number of troops in Iraq--now at about 132,000--and remove all combat brigades in the war zone by March 31, 2008.
Perhaps the boldest--and most quixotic--challenge to the president's authority came from Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), who said he would introduce legislation Wednesday that would end all funding for the deployment of troops within six months after it is implemented, forcing an end to the war.
Even a leading Republican senator expressed doubts about Bush moving forward on Iraq without sharing decision-making with Congress.
...Feingold said the non-binding resolutions are worthwhile attempts to denounce the president's policy but that Congress is obligated to voters to take action that has more teeth.
"Since the president is adamant about pursuing his failed policy in Iraq, Congress has a duty to stand up and prevent him," Feingold said.
Why doesn't Feingold just change his name to Jane Fonda?
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