Sometimes...

...it sucks to be right. From Wapo:

"President Bush and congressional leaders began negotiating a second war funding bill yesterday, with Democrats offering the first major concession: an agreement to drop their demand for a timeline to bring troops home from Iraq.

"Democrats backed off after the House failed, on a vote of 222 to 203, to override the president's veto of a $124 billion measure that would have required U.S. forces to begin withdrawing as early as July. But party leaders made it clear that the next bill will have to include language that influences war policy."

And my prediction?:

"Now the ball is back in Congress, and without the 2/3rds needed to override the Dems have to decide how far they want to push the issue. Regardless of Pelosi and Reid's strong stance there's going to have to be a compromise since Bush won't accept a time table, and only radical Dems are willing to completely defund the war. My take? In the end the Dems will give Bush what he wants, in terms of the war, and whatever bill he signs will still be loaded with pork."

The pork results are still be counted.