The Senate is playing who can be nicest to military figures today. Sen. Barbara Boxer’s resolution condemning political attacks on all current and former military figures (Grant? MacArthur?) got 51 mostly Democratic votes, less than the 60 needed to overcome the GOP’s procedural roadblock. That was just a sideshow to the real sideshow, a vote on the GOP resolution condemning the MoveOn Petraeus ad, which is coming shortly.
Boxer Resolution Fails to Get 60 Votes
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September 20, 2007 12:37 p.m.
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