Are Reid and Pelosi for real this time?

The words are pretty, it's the action I'm worried about.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats won't approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home.

By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote on a $50 billion measure for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill would require Bush to initiate troop withdrawals immediately with the goal of ending combat by December 2008.

If Bush vetoes the bill, "then the president won't get his $50 billion," Reid, D-Nev., told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., made a similar statement last week in a closed-door caucus meeting.

There's already talk about "60 votes", which remember is the threshold for passing anything Democrats want, unlike the 50-vote threshold Republicans enjoy. However, Bush and the Republicans don't get their war for another year unless they compromise by adding the one-year timeline.

If Reid and Pelosi stand firm on this, they will have a chance to finally fulfill one of their key 2006 campaign promises and prove that they have the strength and fortitude to stand tough for what they believe, all the while giving the vast majority of the American people what they want.

If not, they will reinforce perceptions of Democratic weakness and side with unpopular Republicans on an unpopular war.

Funny that we even have to wonder which option they'll choose...