More Krugman

Come to think of it, there's also this:

Meanwhile, there are big political risks on the other side. If Congress responds to a presidential veto by offering an even weaker bill, voters may well react with disgust, concluding that the whole debate over the war was nothing but political theater.

Anyway, never mind the political calculations. Confronting Mr. Bush on Iraq has become a patriotic duty.

This is indeed frustrating. And it would be nice if we had a strong enough anti-war majority to call Bush on his bluff. But, of course, if we had that, we'd probably be using legislative means like the Feingold bill to end the war and not letting the issue get mixed up with the war supplementals.