You can thank public pressure for Obama's decision to seek Congress' approval for Syrian strikes [View all]

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. . . both from the reaction from Britain and from the public opinion here at home.

I suppose we can credit the president for having the good sense to follow the law instead of acting on the administration's insistence all week that he had the authority to act unilaterally based on slippery interpretations of the War powers Act and congress' lethargic view of their own responsibility in waging war.

Yet, we shouldn't forget in the upcoming debate (however it's debated) that the administration is still insisting they have the authority to act; even if Congress rejects that military action in some resolution.

Bottom line? We still need to keep the pressure on the WH and our representatives in Congress if we want the President to respect our views (whatever they are).