Senators’ plane gets shot at… is this progress?

So you may have heard that a plane carrying Republican Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Mel Martinez (R-FL) in addition to Representative Bud Cramer (D-AL) was fired upon as they were leaving Iraq. Thankfully no shots hit the plane and after some evasive maneuvers, the aircraft cleared the area safely. But this is my question — next week when the debate over Iraq begins again in Congress, will these members of Congress be touting the amazing success of the surge in Iraq? It seems to me having a plane carrying a congressional delegation on it getting fired upon is not exactly “progress,” but we shall see.