The House voted to 402-2 to defeat a bill introduced by Democrat Charles Rangel to reinstate the draft.

The two Congressmen who voted in favor of the draft were Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., and Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif.

Even Rangel, the bill's sponsor, voted against it. The Hill reports:

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) did something a little unusual yesterday. First he protested when Republican leadership scheduled his own bill for a vote.

Then he sent out a letter encouraging his Democratic colleagues to vote against it.

Rangel claims that he voted against his own bill because there hadn't been a sufficient debate on the issue.