Henry Hyde's speech

It will be a great loss to the House and Congress when Hyde retires (this term?), but today it looks like the great statesman from Illinois delivered a great speech. I got the last few minutes on a replay on CSPAN. Jason Barnes over at BeltwayBlitz thought the same here. And he is hoping to get a transcript soon.

So far, all I can find is that he has introduced the bill H Res. 861 that was the occasion for yesterday's 10 hours of speeches on the War on Terror. This has infuriated the left, as they wanted an opportunity to be critical of the war in Iraq, which they see as entirely separate. And, it puts them on record; requires them to take a position on an issue that requires faith, courage, and perseverance, things not much in evidence in the party as a whole. As far as bills go, this one is inspiring, catching something of what is necessary to believe in order to fight and defend, to kill and die for.

UPDATE: H. Res 861 passes 253 -156 according to his Breitbart article. It gives no indication of the party split on the vote, which you can get here. 42 Democrats did the sensible thing (3 Republicans did not). (ht: Drudge)

UPDATE: Found it. Lifted from Congressional Record's web-based search engine, but it won't allow linking to. So I found the GAO's (General Accounting Office?) pdf copies of the speech and have linked to it and have posted it above.