This is why we need more people-powered candidates:
On the Senate floor a few moments ago, Jon Tester said that he's traveled all around his home state of Montana, and "not a single person told me we should debate about whether or not to have a debate on Iraq."
Last week Senate Democrats were planning to have a debate on Iraq culminating in a vote on one of the various Iraq war resolutions, but it was scuttled away by a Republican filibuster. Instead, the two parties ended up bickering about whether or not to have a debate and vote on the resolutions.
Tester stated in plain language what should have been obvious to anyone.