Lieberman: We Have A Responsibility To Our Troops…Unless My Amendment Gets Stripped

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I noted last night that Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) are threatening to grind Senate business to a halt–and even filibuster the war spending bill–if the amendment they authored (which would allow the White House to suppress detainee abuse photos) doesn’t become law post haste.

Whatever you think about the photos, or the wars, or the emergency supplemental bills, though, you’ve got to marvel at Joe Lieberman circa 2007:

We in this chamber have a responsibility to make certain that-no matter what our disagreements and differences here in Washington-our men and women in uniform in Iraq and Afghanistan are not caught in the political crossfire.

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