It begins?
While McCain and now Lieberman argue for an escalation to the war (even though Joe used to be "confident" we would be drawing down troop levels by now), Bob Novak writes in the Washington Post that skepticism abounds on the Hill, and that Senator Biden will begin hearings into the war next week:

Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, as Foreign Relations Committee chairman, will lead the rest of the Democrats not only to oppose a surge but to block it. Bush enters a new world of a Democratic majority where he must share the stage.

Just as the president is ready to address the nation on Iraq, Biden next week begins three weeks of hearings on the war. On the committee, Biden and Democrats Christopher Dodd (Conn.), John Kerry (Mass.), Russell Feingold (Wis.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) will compete for intensity in criticizing a troop surge. But on the Republican side of the committee, no less probing scrutiny of Bush's proposals will come from Chuck Hagel.

Should be an interesting month...