F-22 Vote Important for Arms Control

John Isaacs of the Council for a Livable World, who has been fighting the military spending battle as long as anyone in Washington, made this point about the importance of the Senate vote against more F-22s--that it was critical to win it to help us in upcoming arms control votes (such as the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty & a START follow-on treaty):
"The vote was also significant because it provided an opportunity for the Defense Department and Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin to rev up their vote counting operation. They set up procedures to count noses, persuade the undecideds and win over those who started out supporting the F-22.
This vote counting operation, with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, will be vital when the Senate gets to later votes on a START follow-on treaty and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty."