McGovern to meet with Congress on war

[ProSense]

McGovern to meet with Congress on war

By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer
Fri Nov 10, 3:47 AM ET

LINCOLN, Neb. - George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June.

If Democrats don't take steps to end the war in Iraq soon, they won't be in power very long, McGovern told reporters before a speech at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

"I think the Democratic leadership is wise enough to know that if they're going to follow the message that election sent, they're going to have to take steps to bring the war to a conclusion," he said.

McGovern will present his recommendations before the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a 62-member group led by Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee.

"The best way to reduce this insurgency is to get the American forces out of there," McGovern said. "That's what's driving this insurgency."

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Kerry-Feingold

[katinmn]

1. Excellent!

[livetohike]

2. I love George McGovern. I campaigned on my college campus

for him way back when. Now will anyone listen to his wisdom??

[sinkingfeeling]

3. If you haven't seen it, read McGovern & William Polk's Blueprint for Leaving Iraq....

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110906C.shtml

[wyldwolf]

4. Actually, he's meeting with little more than 60 members out of 435

Less than a third of Democrats alone.

And I feel sorry for the Dems that attend. The media will savage them for meeting with the man who, rightly or wrongly, helped give the Dems the reputation that conributed to their loss of public trust on national security.

I'm just pointing out the obvious.

[ProSense]

5. The beauty is that one of its members

is now the Senator from Ohio:

Website: http://www.house.gov/sherrodbrown

http://cpc.lee.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=4&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=2&SectionTree=4