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OK, I got tired of the "Dispatches from the Responsibility Era" title. It'll be back.

At least the Senate -- some Senators -- are finally starting to act like vertebrates:

850KOA · News | Sports | Entertainment: "'You told the Congress in March that, quote, 'We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon,' close quote. Talk about rosy scenarios,' Levin said. "

But not all of them:

In support of the president, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the Armed Services Committee chairman, urged senators to provide the money now and leave the analysis of what went wrong until later.

Excuse me? And this is supposed to be the party of fiscal responsbility? Just hand over $87 billion and worry about what went wrong later?

Then there's the obligatory...

Wolfowitz told the committee that terrorists would be the winners if Congress rejects the Bush's request.

I wonder if men are now trying to pick women up in Washington bars by telling them, "If you don't sleep with me, the terrorists win"?