July 31, 2007. Kerry-Feingold would have ended the war TODAY

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Today could have been a day of great celebration at DU... Two courageous Democrats, Senators Kerry and Feingold presented an amendment to end the war in June of 2006. It included a binding timetable for withdrawal that would have ended the war by July 31, 2007. Today. Today! The war could have been over today! What happened? Sadly, politics prevailed. It is hard to conceive of this but a little more than a year ago the political winds were blowing in a different direction on Iraq. It was unpopular to support a timetable for withdrawal then. Few Democrats, including those who switched to favoring a timetable to end the war now that the political winds are blowing in favor of a timetable (especially for presidential candidates), stood with Senators Kerry and Feingold.

Here is a list of the brave senators who had the courage and judgment to vote to end the war last summer with a binding timetable when it was politically unpopular to do so. :patriot:

Akaka (D-HI)
Boxer (D-CA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Wyden (D-OR)

Which Democrats voted against it?

Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)