From where Lincoln Chafee sits, the spectacle of Democrats writhing under questions about their Iraq war vote is ... interesting. The Rhode Islander was the only Senate Republican to oppose giving President Bush authority to invade. Chafee's refusal to support the war enraged Republican partisans, some of whom launched a stiff primary challenge against him. He survived it, only to be cut down in November by a backlash against anything Republican.

Now teaching at Brown University, Chafe ...

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