To Connecticut Voters (Except AHA and Melina): Are you happy now?

Joe Lieberman really, really, really wants the war in Iraq to go on forever -- using someone else's children. He's vowing to jump ship if the Democrats vote to stop funding the war:

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut told the Politico on Thursday that he has no immediate plans to switch parties but suggested that Democratic opposition to funding the war in Iraq might change his mind.

Lieberman, a self-styled independent who caucuses with the Democrats, has been among the strongest supporters of the war and President Bush’s plan to send an additional 21,500 combat troops into Iraq to help quell the violence there.

"I have no desire to change parties," Lieberman said in a telephone interview. "If that ever happens, it is because I feel the majority of Democrats have gone in a direction that I don't feel comfortable with."

Asked whether that hasn't already happened with Iraq, Lieberman said: "We will see how that plays out in the coming months," specifically how the party approaches the issue of continued funding for the war.

He suggested, however, that the forthcoming showdown over new funding could be a deciding factor that would lure him to the Republican Party.

Connecticut voters thought they were getting a Democrat, but they weren't. Harry Reid thought he was being collegial with his old Senate DEMOCRATIC buddy. He wasn't, he was being played for a fool -- as was everyone who voted for this nasty, selfish, venal man.

Frankly, the one thing that makes Al Gore still questionable as a potential future presidential candidate is what kind of awful judgment made him pick this guy to be his running mate in 2000.

But it looks like the Democrats are going to risk control of the Senate by calling Lieberman's bluff:

Determined to challenge President Bush, Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to limit the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, effectively revoking the broad authority Congress granted in 2002, officials said Thursday.

While these officials said the precise wording of the measure remains unsettled, one draft would restrict American troops in Iraq to combating al-Qaida, training Iraqi army and police forces, maintaining Iraq's territorial integrity, and otherwise proceeding with the withdrawal of combat forces.

The officials, Democratic aides and others familiar with private discussions, spoke only on condition of anonymity, saying rank-and-file senators had not yet been briefed on the effort. They added, though, that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is expected to present the proposal to fellow Democrats early next week for their consideration.

Frankly, I think they should go ahead. Doing what's right is more important than even control of the Senate. It is the height of arrogance and hubris for Joe Lieberman to think he can hold the Senate hostage. Let him jump ship. Let Connecticut voters see what they've done (except AHA and Melina, of course, both of whom did work for Ned Lamont). Let the Republicans preside over this disastrous war for another two years. Let them have to live with this decision. It isn't like enough Republicans were going to put country over party and their own selfish interests enough to impeach this bunch of criminals anyway.