The underlying importance of the censure vote....

[kentuck]

No matter if it is voted up or down, the important point is that it has been put on the table for discussion. If the Democrats do win back the House or the Senate in November, they can proceed with an investigation or censure with more credibility, since they have already broached the subject.

At that time, they can argue that the Republicans refused to allow an investigation of this very important matter. Breaking the law is no trivial matter. Of course, the Republicans will say at that time, that the subject of censure was brought up and the majority of Democrats did not agree with censure, if indeed the majority of Democrats vote against censure. If they do vote against the censure, it will make it more difficult to hold George Bush accountable when and if the Dems win back the Hosue or Senate.