State Senator Lou Correa has been pretty elusive about his vote on SJR1, the resolution opposing the troop surge in Iraq. And today he officially went on the record with the Orange County Register Sacramento reporter Brian Joseph:
For days now, Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, has taken heat from the folks over at theliberalOC.com blog for not publicly saying why he voted against a resolution urging Congress and President Bush not to increase U.S. involvement in Iraq.Well, I got an answer this morning on the Senate floor. Correa said his vote shouldn’t be taken as support for the Iraq war. Rather, he thinks the resolution by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, addressed the wrong issue. Instead of opposing troop buildup, he said the United States needs to decide whether it should still be in Iraq at all.
Read all of Brian’s story here.
If you had “10 days” in the blogger pool, you have won the pot. The answer is 10 days.
Thanks for finally going on record with your reasons for your vote. Imagine how much fuss could have been avoided with a simple answer to a simple question.
Is the text of SJR1 available through the state senate website?
I would like to read it to see if Lou’s argument makes sense.
The resolution can be found at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov. Select the link for Bill Information and type in SJR1 as the bill number, click on the search button and then scrol down to SJR1 (it is #9 on the list).
Well, I’m glad that Lou made a public statement. Now, if only we could have come to this resolution earlier.
Not very convincing.
Thanks Chris!
I’ll deliver my opinion at Drinking Liberally tonight.