Yesterday I sent out an email asking Democrats across the country to support Ned Lamont, Bob Menendez, and Dan Akaka -- three candidates this fall who share my belief that the time is due, long past due in fact, to face the realities of George Bush's botched strategy in Iraq, and set a timetable to put Iraq in Iraqi hands and get our heroes home. I'm sending another email today.
I'm proud to support my Senate colleagues Bob Menendez and Dan Akaka, who stood with me, Russ Feingold, and Pat Leahy when we offered an amendment to change course in Iraq. They had the courage of their convictions.
But today I wanted to add a personal note about my support for Ned Lamont. I believe that it's usually the right thing for elected Democrats not to choose sides in a primary in another state. When I went to bat for Jim Webb in Virginia I did so because he's the kind of Vietnam veteran the Senate needs right now, and every day that Jim speaks out and George Allen rubberstamps the Bush Iraq policy, I'm reminded why I did what I did.
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