Iraq quagmire and independent voters

In Congress, Iraq is a Political Quagmire, Behind the war debate, a struggle for strategic advantage, By Silla Brush (US News & World Report)... Conservative Democrats worry about imperiling their national security credentials and driving away independent voters. Democrats hammer the message that more troops amount to an "escalation"-some form of this word appearing in the Congressional Record more than 1,000 times since February 1-not a "surge." ...