Three weeks ago, you stood on a stage in front of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library with the other five Democratic female U.S. Senators and made a powerful appeal to a crowd of University students. As I stood in the crowd that Sunday afternoon, I listened to you emphasize how much you cared about Michigan - its jobs, its students, its elderly and its soldiers. By the end, you had me convinced that you were a genuinely compassionate person. No longer were you just Senator Stabenow, but Aunt Debbie, the one who understands everyone's problems.

And you had my vote.

But you must have left your conscience in Ann Arbor that afternoon, because last Thursday when you were on Capital Hill, it was nowhere to be found. By voting in favor of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, you revealed an appalling side of you beyond the trustworthy fa