Mr Warner's proposalhas attracted the supportoftwootherRepublicans, Maine's SusanCollinsandMinnesota's Norm Coleman, and other Republicans have made their unhappiness felt.
And the rising tide of anti-war sentiment threatens to submerge a slew of Republican senators in Democratic-leaning states, such as Susan Collins (Maine), John Sununu (New Hampshire), Norm Coleman (Minnesota) and Gordon Smith (Oregon).