Chairs of Iraq Study Group Back Bush Plan

Yesterday James Baker, co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, gave an endorsement to President Bush's plan to surge more troops into Iraq.

"The president's plan ought to be given a chance," Baker told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Just give it a chance."

The other chair of the Iraq Study Group, Lee Hamilton seems to back the President's plan as well:

"If we can put this together there is a chance we can reasonably succeed. But we realize that is a very, very daunting challenge," Hamilton said. "There isn't any doubt that in the president's proposals and in ours that we are depending on, very heavily, an improvement in the performance of the Iraqi government. Will it happen? I don't know. It does make you uneasy, when you have to put your dependence on this government. What other alternative do you have? You can't go out on the street of Baghdad and pick 10 people and put your confidence in them."

These comments certainly put another wrinkle in support for the Senate's non-binding resolution against a troop buildup in Iraq.  That resolution, which was supposed to be debated this week has already had to be pushed to next week due to splintered support amongst Senators.  A new version of the bill is scheduled to hit the floor for debate on Monday.