PROFILES IN COURAGEThe Republicans block a vote on Bush’s troop escalation – and now I think the smart thing is to let the issue lie, so all those Republicans who are running in 2008, and who want to distance themselves from the coming catastrophe, have only this vote (defending Bush’s plan) on their recordhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020500675.htmlhttp://