Daschle gives Bush a war powers smack down

George W. Bush has maintained -- and so has his Justice Dept., from Alberto Gonzales to the much-heralded John Yoo -- that the Afghanistan Use of Military Force resolution gave the president the power to do practically anything. I think the term that has been used is "plenary," which means complete, total.

Tom Daschle was there for the negotiations and Congress had apparently turned Bush down flat on the war powers he requested "in the United States."

Jeez, W.'s cred is pretty threadbare about now. Let's see what Mehlman can make of this.

Late Update: Daschle's WaPo Op-Ed: "Power We Didn't Grant."