Most of your links are self-quoting, and in none of these discussions do you make any effort to look at the other side of the question. We are supposed to take your word for it that these bills are bad.  Crime is also bad, even if you are a progressive.  Is there any argument to be made in favor of any of this legislation, or is Biden just a Bad Man?

On the Iraq War, Biden is the only candidate with a plan.  The others keep slipsliding around between saying that there would still be troops there in 2013, to saying they would end it right now, which simple logistics make impossible.  It would take months to get troops and equipment out of there, even if no one were shooting at them.  Biden's plan is the only one to try to avoid genocide as we are leaving.  In the meantime, he has been consistent in funding the troops while they are there, especially in overcoming the Bush administration's resistance to providing MRAP armored vehicles, which save lives.

That's good that NARAL only gave him a poor rating one year and that the ACLU has rated him higher in later years. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll add a note to that effect in the original post.

On Iraq, in his own words, on Meet the Press:

MR. RUSSERT: If, in fact, the president does not accept a firm withdrawal date, will you vote to cut off funding?

SEN. BIDEN: . . . I will vote, as long as there's a single troop in there that we are taking out or maintaining, either way I will vote for the money necessary to protect them, period.

I do not agree with every vote he cast in his career, but what is important to me is the arc of his career, and his substance as a person.  He has shown his commitment to a sane foreign policy, the environment, civil rights, campaign finance reform and lots of other issues I care about, by voting "right" for the most part, year in and year out.  He is one of the least wealthy people in Congress, showing that he is probably not on the take.  He answers questions about what he will do without hedging or consulting his pollster.  And he has genuine compassion for people, whether they are in the room with him or in Iraq.  

In his own words on Meet the Press he explained very well the realities of the Iraq War funding.  Anyone who cares to follow the link you provided can read for themselves.  The short quote you used does not convey the meaning of what he said.

In summary, cutting off funding with 51 votes will not end the president's ability to wage war.  But failing to fund the vehicles that Biden fought for, and the Bush administration fought against, will mean that more kids get killed and maimed.  Their sacrifice is too much to ask in support of a symbolic vote to cut off funding that will not end the war.  

Biden has skin in the game.  His son Beau, who will be in our area tomorrow, will be going to Iraq.  Biden himself has been there 8 or 9 times, to see and hear for himself what is going on.  

He cares about our own troops and also about Iraqis, who are human beings too, and whose world has been destroyed by our stupidity and arrogance.  He has said clearly, however, that if the Iraqis do not take the chance at political reconciliation offered by the Biden plan or something similar, that he would begin removing troops as quickly as possible in January of 2009, because they would just be fodder for the civil war in that circumstance.

I care about crime, particularly care about domestic violence, and have served on the board of a women's shelter.  Joe Biden is a committed advocate for women who have been victimized by this intimate and terrible crime, and he has taken steps to help them through legislation.  

He has been a strong supporter of rehabilitation as well.