People on both sides of the Iraq debate will use this alarming news to prop up their views.
She would not apply the lesson to the current Iraq debate, but said that "there's a whole range of possible ways to take early action."
Yet the proposals were overwhelmed by the Iraq debate.
Once the Iraq debate begins, each senator would be granted up to an hour to speak on the subject, Senate officials said.
Despite the flurry of votes, the Iraq debate in the Senate is far from over.
It was only the latest example of how history, definitions and defense doctrines are being twisted to fit the Iraq debate.
The prospects of this week's Iraq debate remain uncertain.
As early as next week, the full Senate could open the most extensive Iraq debate to be conducted in more than four years.
His forays across the aisle have begun to extend past the Iraq debate.
That is what the whole Iraq debate was about.