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You've got to give some Democrats credit. They're determined to see the Iraq effort go down in flames. So dedicated are some of them that they'll walk out on news that maybe things aren't so bad.

Townhall.com::The Good News is Bad News::By Cliff May

It’s tough being a member of Congress. Even if you’re in the majority, as is Rep. Nancy Boyda of Kansas, you never know when your ears may be assaulted by outrageous and offensive ideas.
Like what? At a recent hearing of the Armed Services Committee, retired Gen. Jack Keane said “progress is being made” by U.S. military forces in Iraq; “We are on the offensive and we have the momentum,” he added. The freshman congresswoman was so distressed by these remarks that she got up and she walked out.

Distressed. Is that a rational response to that information, if you're looking to actually 'win'? Look a bit further to her reasoning.

There was “only so much” she could take, she explained, so she “had to leave the room … after so much of the frustration of having to listen to what we listened to.” She said she was worried, too, that General Keane’s remarks “will in fact show up in the media and further divide this country.” Hey, that could happen!

Frustration? And she's worried that the remarks will show up in the media? Well, she doesn't need to worry on THAT score - the media is far more concerned with Lindsey Lohan's latest lingere-lacking licenseless late-night drives...

As House Majority Whip James Clyburn suggested this week, success in Iraq also would be awkward for those who have bet their political chips on American failure.

To be precise, Clyburn said that it would be “a real big problem for us” should General Petraeus return to Washington next month and present a positive report on progress in Iraq. Moderate Democrats might listen and decide that for America to be defeated in Iraq by al-Qaeda and Iranian-backed militias is neither inevitable nor in the national interest. These same moderate Democrats also might decide that, for them, the national interest trumps the partisan interest.

And heaven forbid THAT should ever happen...

J.