Latest Dem Plan to Undercut War Effort Pops in a Hurry

That trial balloon sure popped in a hurry:  Democrats drop idea of cutting war funding.

WASHINGTON — Just hours after floating the idea of cutting $20 billion from President Bush's $142 billion request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad was overruled by fellow Democrats today.

"It's nothing that any of us are considering," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters.

I guess it's an improvement when the left holds onto a patently bad idea for mere hours, as opposed to the usual span of, say, several decades.