Earlier I was bitching about how the GOP used the Republican Noise Machine to get the national debate moved off Bankrupcy, Iraq, Social Security and other bad topics to the current death with dignity (or not) melodrama.

But it seems that this too might be a wedge issue.

This will only be a real gainer if dems can bring the pressure. At this point, they're mostly for it, so in no position to. However, some will be able to bring the question in 2006 debates, "excepting personal and family choices, which do you think is more important in guiding the decisions of a Senator: the Bible or the Constitution?"

The Constitution. Now more than ever.