McConnell's Republicans dash Senate Democrats' hopes on Iraq.

Senate Democrats, who wanted to vote on an a timetable for an Iraqi withdrawal, had their hopes dashed by Mitch McConnell's Republicans. Read the story here. The question becomes whether the Democrats will abandon this unproductive venture and seek a more worthwhile course of action or will they continue to attempt to play the losing political game of oneupmanship? I guess only time will tell.