Here's video of Senator Barack Obama on the Senate floor yesterday introducing the "Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007" which proposes to begin a "redeployment" of American troops out of Iraq starting in May and finishing by March of next year:

Meanwhile, Democratic Senator Russ Feingold is going even further, calling for a cut-off of funding for the war and a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in six months. Feingold said:

Congress has the power to stop a war if it wants... If Congress doesn't stop the war, it's not because it doesn't have the power. It's because it doesn't have the will.

At least one of these guys has read the Constitution. Remember the old saying, "no guts, no glory?" Obama wants the glory of opposing Iraq without having the guts. Congress's war-making powers are clear under the Constitution, as is the President's role as Commander in Chief. There is, as Feingold notes, only one way to legislate an end to the war. If Obama is seriously interested in getting America out of Iraq, as opposed to just posturing with unconstitutional pieces of legislation to score political points, he should drop his bill and sign on with Feingold. Better yet, he could propose a bill to amend the Constitution.

UPDATE: Lynn Sweet notes the "evolution" of Obama's position on setting a specific timetable for withdrawal - sorry, "phased redeployment" - from Iraq.