REID'S COMPROMISE. So Reid is willing to loosen the definition for withdrawal in order to attract Republican cosponsors. That seems sound. I've always thought the Salazar-Alexander bill, which would make the Iraq Study Group's recommendations official US policy and has already attracted 12 Republican cosponsors, is a smart first step. It's not perfect, but it creates some forward motion and breaks the taboo against Congress exercising any oversight over the war. --Ezra Klein
