…is a truly wonderful opportunity for the House GOP. It’s a chance to hit Democrats both on an asinine Iraq policy and also on ridiculous spending. From the WSJ on Saturday:

Thus has Mr. Bush’s request for $100 billion to fund the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus $3 billion to replenish the disaster-relief fund, devolved into a $124.6 billion logrolling extravaganza. You can get the flavor from the bill’s very first words on page two: “Title I — Supplemental Appropriations for the Global War on Terror Chapter 1 Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service.” Forget the Marines; send in the meat inspectors.
This bill has everything the modern military doesn’t need. There’s $25 million for spinach, designed to attract the vote of Sam Farr, a California farm-region liberal. Perhaps spinach growers who lost business due to last year’s E. coli scare need this taxpayer bailout, but it won’t intimidate the Taliban unless Mr. Farr plans to draft Popeye.
Other lowlights include $20 million to restore farmland damaged by freezing temperatures, and $1.48 billion for livestock farmers. And don’t forget the $74 million “to ensure proper storage for peanuts,” an urgent national-security need. This happens to be about the same amount that House Democrats propose to increase spending for operations of the Army Reserve, so it’s good to see Congress has its priorities in order.