If Sen. Lieberman goes down in his August primary, Republicans should be ready to wrap his loss around the neck of the national Democratic Party. Lieberman is well liked and respected by people outside of the leftwing fever swamps. He polls well among Republicans and most importantly with independents. A Lieberman loss will garner mega media coverage and the GOP message should be simple: the Democrats have purged their strongest voice on national security and are the party of retreat in the war on terror. Republicans should also quote liberally from the senator's many floor speeches and op-eds defending the decision to remove Saddam from power and explaining his opposition to Democratic withdrawal plans. Some in the Democratic establishment believe a Lieberman loss won't matter much on election day. They're wrong. A Lieberman defeat, combined with an aggressive security-related legislative strategy with lots of debate and votes, should pay the GOP dividends in November. In reaction to the New York Times piece revealing the details of the terror-financing tracking program, New York Democrat and campaign committee head Sen. Chuck Schumer said that he wanted more congressional debate on this issue and other related ones; Republicans should fulfill his wish.