By now you've probably heard about Rep. John Murtha's (D-PA) bill to force the President to withdraw American troops from Iraq "at the earliest practicable date." Today, House Republicans who, shall we say, disagreed with Rep. Murtha's desires, introduced a resolution (so they could defeat it) which said, simply, "It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately."
But this is just the backdrop to what I wanted to mention. During debate over the newly-introduced resolution, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) mentioned a phone call she had received from a Marine colonel.
He asked me to send Congress a message — stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message — that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.
Talk about plain speaking! I love you, Representative Schmidt. Would you marry me?
