On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 2934 )

To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.

Please note that the above resolution mentions nothing of support of the administration's Iraq War Policy, or how long the troops should remain and fight. Yet, the following 25 Senators voted against the resolution anyway.

NAY

• Akaka (D-HI)
• Bingaman (D-NM)
• Boxer (D-CA)
• Brown (D-OH)
• Byrd (D-WV)
• Clinton (D-NY)
• Dodd (D-CT)
• Durbin (D-IL)
• Feingold (D-WI)
• Harkin (D-IA)
• Inouye (D-HI)
• Kennedy (D-MA)
• Kerry (D-MA)
• Lautenberg (D-NJ)
• Levin (D-MI)
• Menendez (D-NJ)
• Murray (D-WA)
• Reed (D-RI)
• Reid (D-NV)
• Rockefeller (D-WV)
• Sanders (I-VT)
• Schumer (D-NY)
• Stabenow (D-MI)
• Whitehouse (D-RI)
• Wyden (D-OR)

And another three Senators couldn't be bothered to make the vote, including Barack Obama would somehow made it to another vote 20 minutes or so earlier.

DIDN'T VOTE

• Biden (D-DE)
• Cantwell (D-WA)
• Obama (D-IL)

Thankfully 72 Senators did vote in favor of the resolution, condemning personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces. And I thank them for maintaining some semblance of honor and respect in the Senate.

YAY

• Alexander (R-TN)
• Allard (R-CO)
• Barrasso (R-WY)
• Baucus (D-MT)
• Bayh (D-IN)
• Bennett (R-UT)
• Bond (R-MO)
• Brownback (R-KS)
• Bunning (R-KY)
• Burr (R-NC)
• Cardin (D-MD)
• Carper (D-DE)
• Casey (D-PA)
• Chambliss (R-GA)
• Coburn (R-OK)
• Cochran (R-MS)
• Coleman (R-MN)
• Collins (R-ME)
• Conrad (D-ND)
• Corker (R-TN)
• Cornyn (R-TX)
• Craig (R-ID)
• Crapo (R-ID)
• DeMint (R-SC)
• Dole (R-NC)
• Domenici (R-NM)
• Dorgan (D-ND)
• Ensign (R-NV)
• Enzi (R-WY)
• Feinstein (D-CA)
• Graham (R-SC)
• Grassley (R-IA)
• Gregg (R-NH)
• Hagel (R-NE)
• Hatch (R-UT)
• Hutchison (R-TX)
• Inhofe (R-OK)
• Isakson (R-GA)
• Johnson (D-SD)
• Klobuchar (D-MN)
• Kohl (D-WI)
• Kyl (R-AZ)
• Landrieu (D-LA)
• Leahy (D-VT)
• Lieberman (ID-CT)
• Lincoln (D-AR)
• Lott (R-MS)
• Lugar (R-IN)
• Martinez (R-FL)
• McCain (R-AZ)
• McCaskill (D-MO)
• McConnell (R-KY)
• Mikulski (D-MD)
• Murkowski (R-AK)
• Nelson (D-FL)
• Nelson (D-NE)
• Pryor (D-AR)
• Roberts (R-KS)
• Salazar (D-CO)
• Sessions (R-AL)
• Shelby (R-AL)
• Smith (R-OR)
• Snowe (R-ME)
• Specter (R-PA)
• Stevens (R-AK)
• Sununu (R-NH)
• Tester (D-MT)
• Thune (R-SD)
• Vitter (R-LA)
• Voinovich (R-OH)
• Warner (R-VA)
• Webb (D-VA)

NOTE: I find it especially interesting that John Kerry, who was disgusted that anyone questioned his military credentials and record during the last campaign, wouldn't condemn anyone making personal attacks on General Petraeus and our troops. I find it not surprising at all that every single one of the Democrat presidential candidates in the Senate voted against the amendment or didn't vote... apparently it is more important for them to have the support of MoveOn.org than to support our troops.

Senators, General Petraeus has not betrayed anyone. I'm not sure that the 25+3 of you could honestly say the same thing to our troops.