Senate Backs Withdrawal Timetable

By a 51-47 vote, the Senate backed the timetable to withdraw from Iraq in 18 months.

Two Republicans voted with the Democrats, Gordon Smith or Oregon and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. Lieberman voted with the Republicans. A slew of 2008 incumbents voted "no," including John Sununu of New Hampshire, Susan Collins of Maine, Pete Domenici of New Mexico, Norm Coleman of Minnesota, John Warner of Virginia, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and Minority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Democrats got the votes of Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, who were considered key swing votes.

The bill now goes to the President to be vetoed, followed by a fierce battle to see who blinks first.

Meanwhile, the Iraq war has found another shocking critic; King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who called the war an "illegitimate occupation."