Petri Breaks With GOP on Iraq

"I don't think it's fair to ask our sons and daughters to be policemen in a civil war." If you haven't heard in any of the wall-to-wall coverage on just about any news show, there's a vote coming up to disapprove of the troop surge in Iraq. Well, this is a non-binding resolution, so it's just about as likely as Ralph Nader winning the Presidency, but it's interesting none-the-less. Petri, a semi-moderate Republican was the source of the quote at the top, not a Democrat. Interestingly, Wisconsin's other GOP Reps called the resolution "spineless" and "shameful" or "a slap in the face." Thinking about those weird spatial models we saw in class yesterday with the different congresses, would Petri be an example of that sober guy out in the middle?