I've seen a number of people asking for the Senate Roll Call on this vote, so thought I would post this.

I've posted it in the comments of two diaries, but thought it may be better to give it its own space.

It actually was posted before midnight by the Associated Press which I accessed through yahoo.com that evening.

What really gets me are those who did not vote at all.  I think each and every Senator had an obligation to put forward their opinion one way or the other.

Loud knock at the door.
What for?
Is it a friend just saying hi?
Doesn’t she remember to try
And always call before she stops by?

But there it is
It’s louder still
Who is that knocking?
I feel a chill

It starts in my cheeks, and goes all around
My world starts to spin.  I have to sit down
Maybe if I just stay right here
They’ll stop their knocking
And calm my fear

But in my desperate walk to a chair
I round the corner and see them there
Just barely through the panes of glass
Their uniforms crisp, moments pass

So swirling, spinning I do walk
They must see me for the knocking stops
I grab the doorknob with one last prayer
That maybe I’m wrong about why they're here

Soon as they start what they came to say
I start to scream, and fall away

For every other time there was a knock at my door
Like happened so many times before
My baby was still alive and well
No matter that he lived in hell

Today is a day of heavy tolls.  Five more have fallen.  

Five more beautiful young men who have friends, fellow soldiers, and families that love them eternally, and who are grieving endlessly.  

This is my first IGTNT Diary – and I am humbled to be a part of this wonderful series.  My brother is an infantry Marine who recently got back from Iraq.  I am aware every day of the families who are grieving, and as we at IGTNT learn of the friends and loved ones of our fallen, little pieces of their lives sear into our soul and we try the best we can to honor and remember them here.

So, it is with genuine sadness that I bring you the following – the snippets of what we can find in the press – but I know that they are so much more.  For those that knew them and love them, please accept this as our tribute to the amazing individuals that I know they are.  I am so proud of them, and those who served with them – and am grateful to be able to help remember them.