"By a 52-47 vote, the Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have started bringing troops home within 120 days of passage."
Wrong. They didn't get to vote on that bill. As Eric Kleefeld points out, what actually occurred was that 52 Senators voted not to block a vote on the troop withdrawal amendment. Unfortunately, they needed 60 votes to even be able to vote on the idea of bringing the troops home.
So, the only thing we know about those 52 Senators is that they were 1) ready to vote yea or nay on withdrawing the troops, or 2) felt pretty sure the 60 votes needed to lift the block would not be reached and they could safely say they were ready to vote without actually having to prove it. What we certainly don't know is what Fox is telling us: 52 Senators rejected troop withdrawal.
I know the whole thing is a little convoluted, but I guess what I don't know is whether the Fox reporters and editors are too simple-minded to understand what happened, or they know and are simply spinning it the way they want people to see it.
....but hey, say what you want....you will anyway.
Update: David Kurtz has a runner-up.
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