GOP's Gordon Smith Agrees With Dem Kennedy: Get Congress' Approval Before Iraq "Surge"

Gordon Smith is making lots of sense these days on the subject of Iraq:

Today, Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) said Sen. Ted Kennedy’s (D-MA) new legislation requiring the president to gain congressional authority before escalating the Iraq war is “a good idea.” “The more the Congress can be involved in the decision making, the better,” Smith told CNN. (Read more about the Kennedy bill here.)