The Warner Amendment

I must say, I've spent a few days mulling over the Warner Amendment, and I really have no clue what Senate Republicans were trying to accomplish. My best guess is that they were trying to shore up their left flank in advance of the 2006 elections, but this doesn't really do it. In fact, it gives the Democrats a huge upper hand because it makes Republicans look like they are trying to meekly back away from Iraq. If this wasn't a political maneuver (and I still believe it is), and they truly are trying to extract us from Iraq, then it still doesn't make sense. I have had serious doubts about Bill Frist's leadership, and this is just making those doubts worse.