Kudos, Steve Cohen

Our local Representative, Democrat and uber-liberal Steve Cohen, saw the wisdom of protecting airline passengers from lawsuits by voting YES to an amendment to a transportation bill today. The total roll call is here, with the usual suspects voting no. Notice that John Murtha and David Obey both voted yes. Credit where due, although admittedly this has nothing to do with Iraq.

Oh yeah, this also happened in upper chamber today, thanks to the support of Chuck Hagel and Democrat Ben Nelson. They said they wanted to send Bush a message. I wonder if our enemies are celebrating or just confused out of their minds? Knowing the suspicious nature of Arabs they probably think Hagel and the others are double agents.

But here's the takeaway quote from the bill:

In a (quite) large sign that protecting U.S. troops isn't the only thing on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's mind these days, the Nevada Democrat inserted an item into the Senate's Iraq war funding bill -- safeguarding billboards.

Wonder if that would apply to protecting this billboard? But hey, here's a new slogan--"Senator Reid, looking out for al Qaeda while protecting your right to view billboards".

By the way, I'd like to throw out a prayer for Tony Snow, the epitome of a true fair and balanced guy.