Sorry Guest A--the very fact that Republicans would sponsor anything requiring more certification of progress in Iraq--not just body counts--establishes a lot more than "stay the course"---it means they're also getting impatient.    After all, since the "victory" all we've seen is more dead--Iraqis and "coalition" troops-----and progressively more indication of breakup of the country de facto---the "constitution" provides for it--and incipient civil war.

Guess who is caught in the middle when the civil war heats up.