Sen. Warner: It's time to leave Iraq

Warner, R-Va., said the troop withdrawals are needed because Iraqi leaders have failed to make substantial political progress, despite an influx of U.S. troops initiated by Bush this year.

The departure of even a small number of U.S. service members — perhaps 5,000 of the 160,000 troops in Iraq — would send a powerful message throughout the region that time was running out, Warner said.

"We simply cannot as a nation stand and continue to put our troops at continuous risk of loss of life and limb without beginning to take some decisive action," he told reporters after a White House meeting with Bush's top aides.

It might not be a bad idea if a timetable is politically impossible. Honestly I think it will be a big progress if this is the compromise that can go through Senate.