David bags a good one. I take little pleasure from the obvious "I told you so" opportunity here. Question for the group: which Democrats have made such a direct mea culpa? And I'm sorry Dick, but when one actually has principles, one doesn't let job pressure get in the way of them. That's why they're called "principles:" they come first.

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) regrets voting for the Iraq War resolution in 2002:

The resolution was a resolution that authorized the president to take that action if he deemed it necessary. Had I been more true to myself and the principles I believed in at the time, I would have openly opposed the whole adventure vocally and aggressively. I had a tough time reconciling doing that against the duties of majority leader in the House. I would have served myself and my party and my country better, though, had I done so.
I think that's farther than

Sen. Clinton has been willing to go.

It's getting harder and harder to understand why there is not forceful, strongly worded, regular, unified opposition to the continuation of the war and its expansion in Iran. The American people have spoken, the troops and insurgents speak on the hour, the international and financial communities are either already there or rapidly coming around. The more war cheerleaders babble, the more the contradict their previous rationales, and the more of a pitiful laughing stock they become as "thinkers." Really, the only "gain" that comes from avocating more FUs or Surges is short-term and extremely limited. As in, to very specific and limited Beltway Insider Cocktail party points.

Welcome aboard, Dick. Now go visit some of the families of dead Texan servicemen and women, and get on your knees and beg forgiveness for helping to kill them. Democrats, it's time to show you're really the opposition party, and one up this pathetic excuse for a "leader."