Senator Chuck Hagel has had enough!

Urging President Bush to turn all U.S. efforts toward "ending this madness," a leading Republican senator Monday broke with the Bush administration and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Mideast.

"The sickening slaughter on both sides must end and it must end now," Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel said. "President Bush must call for an immediate cease-fire. This madness must stop."

So the question is this on the level or his Chuck just positioning himself for the 2006 presidential nomination? Well it is interesting that he also recently said this:

Meanwhile, the decorated Vietnam veteran said the United States "is bogged down in Iraq," limiting U.S. diplomatic and military options. Last week's announcement that more than 3,000 more American troops were needed to reinforce Baghdad amid rising sectarian violence was "a dramatic setback," he said.

It makes me very happy to see the Republicans starting to respond to what the rest of us have known for a long time. I don't care what Senator Hagel's reasons are, just so long as he keeps holding the administrations feet to the fire.