George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June.
If Democrats don't take steps to end the war in Iraq soon, they won't be in power very long, McGovern told reporters before a speech at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
"I think the Democratic leadership is wise enough to know that if they're going to follow the message that election sent, they're going to have to take steps to bring the war to a conclusion," he said.
McGovern will present his recommendations before the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a 62-member group led by Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee.
Oh brother. McGovern was so highly thought of for his foreign policy expertise that he was rejected by 49 states and absolutely crushed by Richard Nixon. McGovern didn't have anything useful to say in 1972, and the fact that the Dems are looking to him for advice tells me they have nothing useful to say in 2006.
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