If Bush gets more than 60 votes he'll feel emboldened to nominate a movement conservative.

It was like, I'm O.K. with this, but if you press me, I have some doubts.

We're a long way away from saying this is a front-burner, hot-button issue that would have an impact on the elections.

It could play to the image of a president who is overreaching and not succeeding -- going to war without a clear purpose or credible proof in retrospect, isolating America, wiretapping.

I think it's a question of priorities.

We are at a defining point in the Bush presidency, and all indications are that we are headed for a calamitous result and most likely failure.