Vote on Iraq as a litmus test?

[survivor999]

Yes, things are complicated. BUT, any elected official who voted in favor of invading Iraq because of WMDs and links with 9/11 showed remarkably poor judgement or plain cowardly servility, or both. Shouldn't that be a litmus test? Those who voted in favor should not be reelected. How do you feel about it?

[Sherman A1]

1. No one issue should be a litmus test

There are far too many problems to try to work the wedge angle.

[survivor999]

2. Possible. But

Anyone who contributed to the loss of hundred of billion dollars for a company would be fired, at best... All I'm saying...

[Sherman A1]

5. Entirely your prerogative to do so

I however, choose to look at the whole board of all the issues I can. Iraq is and was a huge mistake, but if our Congress was not well informed as they should have been, then they might have done the best they could. I don't necessarily believe that to be the case, just a possible situation, and authorizing the use of force, does not necessarily mean "okay let's start shooting".

[Nutmegger]

3. Iraq is the only issue I'm voting for in the fall

This supersedes all other issues; we have to bring them home and we're going to need spine to do that. Without spine, then expect the debacle to last a decade.

[stray cat]

4. I am more if favor of how they plan to deal with the current situation

I also care about whether they have solutions to our energy independence, foreign debt, hardships of working Americans, health care, etc.