A Jones for Timetables

From James G. Poulos in today's The American Spectator:

WASHINGTON -- "If they weren't going to vote us out for going into Iraq, then they're not going to vote us out for staying in." It's hot now in Washington, even in the shade, but one senior Hill staffer, diagnosing the mood of Congressional Republicans, isn't sweating. Nobody is, as far as Iraq is concerned. Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), whose office is flanked with photos of America's fallen in the war on terror, has co-sponsored a resolution designed to do precisely what his colleagues on the Hill decline to do -- wrest the initiative from the administration on Iraq policy. The fanfare in the press over this resolution, and what it might signify, is characterized by a crossing of fingers and biting of lips as anxiously enthusiastic as the GOP's reaction is languorous.