Well, it’s not everything, and it will never get past the Senate, but by a largely party-line vote the House has passed the Iraq Accountability Act, a funding bill which contains a firm deadline for leaving Iraq. I’m glad they did this, even though there’s much more work to be done. For starters, they should take up Murtha’s bill requiring all troops be properly equipped, trained, and rested before they are sent back to overseas duty.

And, via Greg Sargent at the Horse’s Mouth, comes this footage of of Rep. Dave Obey lashing into the Washington Post for their shameful cheerleading that not only helped get us into this terrible mistaken invasion, but which continues to work to keep us there indefinitely.

UPDATE: Nancy Pelosi has posted some video of various speeches. Here’s Murtha:

Murtha says:

The American people in the last election sent a message. They said, “We want the Iraqis to solve their own problems in Iraq. The Americans have bore the brunt, we’re spending eight billlion dollars, 8.4 billion dollars a month, two billion dollars to get people and equipment and supplies over to Iraq, two billion dollars a month, eight thousand miles away.

I’ll tell you what hurts the troops. I’ll tell you what hurts them. What hurts them is being extended beyond 13 months, or the Marines beyond seven months. What hurts the troops, if you send the troops, or keep the troops, send them back before they have a year at home.That’s what hurts the morale of the troops.

I’m the person that found the 44,000 shortage of body armor in the intitial invasion of Iraq. We had troops in danger because they didn’t have the equipment they needed. We cannot send troops back into combat without equipment and fully being trained.