[KevinTheOmnivore]

I guess, in a way, it could still all depend on the Republicans, OR, the ability of Nancy/Steny/Reid/Schumer to keep their troops in line.

This is why "let's wait until the Baker Report" is a failed agenda, and it was a cloak and dagger used in order to win in tight races. If the leadership can't present a platform on the issue, aside from what some report says, then me thinks the blue dogs who are not supportive of withdrawal will vote with Republicans (that is, if the GOP actually sticks to their guns on Iraq). Hagel has come out for phased withdrawal.