Meanwhile...

...Stephanie Herseth has no clout in the House over BRAC.

An attempt to delay the latest round of proposed defense base closings and realignments was defeated by the House on a 317-111 vote Wednesday, before it passed its proposed FY06 defense authorization measure on a 390-39 vote.

Remember that Herseth co-sponsored this bill in an attempt to delay the process.  From Aberdeen American News:

Language sponsored by Jeb Bradley, R-N.H., and co-sponsored by Herseth was be offered as an amendment to legislation that would authorize fiscal 2006 funding for the Department of Defense. It was defeated 112-316.

The amendment would have postponed the base closing process until most American troops return from Iraq and several Pentagon studies, including the Quadrennial Defense Review, are completed.

It is similar to legislation introduced in the Senate by Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota.