THE SENATE

Oxblog has done a quick tally on Senators’ position on the religious right amendment to the Constitution. So far, 32 against (including five Republicans) and 28 for. My hero, John McCain, has, as usual, come out on the right side. It seems to me that if Senator McCain votes to let the states decide, then we won’t see this desecration of the document. If I were strategizing to defeat the amendment, I’d try and get a Senate vote as soon as possible. Once it becomes clear this won’t pass, the House won’t touch it at all. You can help Oxblog finish the list by calling or writing to your Senator to ask his or her position and letting Oxblog know. They only have responses from around half the Senate. But if there are enough votes to defeat it after only half have said what their votes are, it seems pretty unlikely it will pass.