As we noted earlier today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler was quoted in today's New York Times questioning whether the anti-escalation resolution House Dem leaders are planning to pass next week goes far enough. We were wondering if that was a sign of possible Dem disunity on the resolution, and whether some Dems wanting tougher Congressional action would vote against it.

So we checked in with Nadler's office. He's almost certainly going to vote for it, the Congressman's Washington director, John Doty, tells us. "He's expected to vote for the resolution," Doty says. "He views it only as a first step. He's going to do more."

A Nadler aide also tells us that he expects that most Dems, if not nearly all of them, will unify next week behind the proposal, which is being drafted now and is expected to circulate Monday. Though 71 members of the House Dems' Progressive Caucus signed a statement a couple days ago saying they wanted to see tougher Congressional action on Iraq, the Nadler aide says that the word is that the Progressives are on board with the resolution. (Nadler's a member of that caucus, too.)

According to House insiders, the thinking is that Dem unity enabled a pretty impressive legislative display during the first 100 days, and a good opening shot on Iraq is crucial. What's more, individual members can in the next couple weeks or so start advancing their own, more strict proposals involving cutting funding and other things -- at which point Dem unity is likely to start fracturing.

Yep, things should get very interesting next week.