The Senate must not read the Constitution too often. I think they forgot about the part about Free Speech in those pesky ten add-ons. They recently voted to condemn MoveOn.org for an ad that the organization took out criticizing General Petraeus about the Iraq war. They've set this vote up as a straw man to use against anyone that votes against it. Once again, if you say anything bad about the war in Iraq or the people running it you're immediately labeled as being against the troops. Hillary voted against it and is now being denounced as against the troops and anti-American. Last I checked it's pretty American to stand up against the status quo and question authority.
The Senate has enough time to vote against a newspaper ad, but when it comes time to really support the troops they're going to vote against the effort. Senator James Webb introduced a bill that would make sure the troops got the same amount of time away from the war in Iraq as they got in country, but the Senate didn't want to vote for that.
I guess the Senate is too busy trying to step on our rights for free speech to worry about the troops.
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