Originally Posted by Dvae

People have short memories. Following are 2 examples I'm sure there are more.

From the NY Times

Jim Wright, the Democratic House speaker during Ronald Reagan?s presidency, was accused of interfering when he met with opposing leaders in Nicaragua?s contra war. Three House Democrats went to Iraq in 2002 before President George W. Bush?s invasion to try to head off war. And Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, went to Syria in 2007 to meet with President Bashar al-Assad against the wishes of the Bush administration, which was trying to isolate him.