90 Percent? Not Quite!

Jed Babbin explains a little math re: costs and casualties. He ends with:

According to the same administration source, 233 members of Congress have visited the troops in Iraq so far. One hundred ninety-one were House members: 121 Republicans, and 70 Democrats. Forty-two were senators: 24 Republicans and 18 Dems. Eight senators have made two trips, and one has made three. Neither Kerry nor Edwards has taken time away from manicures, hairstyling appointments, and campaign stops to talk to the men and women who are putting their lives on the line in Iraq and to see the facts on the ground. That's leadership for you.

This is a very good point that I haven't seen talked up elsewhere. I don't know, maybe they figure the soldiers wouldn't give them much of a reception. After all, it didn't work out too well for Hillary! when she went over last year...