Democrats coming to a crossroad in the Iraq war Funding Bill

The Democrats are going to have to make a decision soon when the president vetoes the funding bill. Democrats are still split on what to do next.

From the article:

“My feeling is at a certain point we’re going to have a ‘come-to-Jesus’ moment in the caucus and talk about whether you fund (the war) or not,” said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told reporters Monday that should Bush veto the bill as expected, Democrats would likely opt to replace the withdrawal language with a “softer version” that ties U.S. aid to political progress made by the Iraqi government.

Reid also repeated assertions that Congress was committed to funding the troops, despite the leader’s support for separate legislation that would cut off money for combat missions after March 2008.

Reid said his promise to fund the troops is not at odds with the proposal because the measure would fund troops to stay in Iraq so long as they were engaged in non-combat missions. Those include counterterrorism and training of Iraq security forces.

Some Democrats are very leary about cutting off funding, while others are for cutting funding. Many Democrats only voted for the last funding bill because of  the domestic pork that was included in it. If this pork is cut out the battle will only intensify, and it will be very interesting to see how this plays out.