Democrats need to stand firm.

The comparison between W's confrontation with Congress over ending the Iraq war, and Clinton's smack down of Congress over medicare cuts in 1995 is specious. Everyone needs to stop making it.
Reasons:
1. Medicare was popular. Bush's endless war based on lies in Iraq is not.
2. Clinton was popular at the time relative to W now.
3. W is no Bill Clinton. Bush is a pissy little man - especially press conferences. Clinton was a President.

Despite Obama's cave in, the Democrats should stick to their guns and push Bush hard on the funding/timetable bill.