In War Debate, Levin Is Man in the Middle

• By Emily Pierce
• Roll Call Staff
• April 26, 2007, Midnight

As Democratic leaders have ratcheted up their rhetoric on the Iraq War in preparation for a veto showdown with the president, Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (Mich.) — one of the most influential, and consequently most quoted, Democrats — continues to strike a more pragmatic tone that has elicited cringes from the left and delight from the right.