[curmudgeonII]

Given the virulent anti-war sentiments of the majority of the Democratic party faithful, what does Bayh hope to gain by pretending to support the President?

Re-elected.

[TomB]

Re-elected.

In conservative Mid-West Indiana I can buy that, but you said this:

He has been hand groomed by his father [former Senator Birch Bayh] for decades for a run for the presidency."

So how does his Iraq position, and his explicit support of the president, help him there?