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[Hat tip TPMCafe]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried yesterday to explain to the president that his “stay the course” strategy is the wrong course,

“While ten more of our brave men and women died yesterday in one of the deadliest days of this war, President Bush continues to offer more of the same: a failed policy that has our troops mired in an open-ended civil war that risks our security at home. The Iraq policy set forth in the Supplemental bill has been supported by the American people, senior military leaders and a bipartisan majority in Congress. It changes the course by fully funding our troops and providing a responsible end to this war. It holds the Iraqis accountable for securing their nation and forging political reconciliation. It ensures our troops are combat-ready before being deployed to Iraq, and provides them with all the resources needed on the battlefield and when they return.

Most importantly, it recognizes that each day we stay the course in Iraq further weakens our fight against terrorism and other threats throughout the world.”

Vice President Dick Cheney tried to attack Senator Reid on his troop withdrawal position - despite the fact the Democrat’s position is pretty similar to the bi-partisan Iraq Study Group’s position of withdrawing troops by the end of the March 2008, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Harry Reid’s response was on target and priceless,

“‘We believe the troops should get every penny they need, and we have put our money where our mouth is with supplemental appropriations, but we believe there must be a change of direction in the war in Iraq.’

Reid said he was not going to engage in a tit-for-tat with the vice president. ‘I’m not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating,’ Reid said.”

We can start calling that the “9% Doctrine” in politics - no doubt, Cheney is a great help to George W. Bush the Third.