Flag amendment closer to passage

Seems like whenever politicians are under fire and doing poorly in the polls (and they are), or there is an election looming, they retrieve the flag amendment out of the storage bin.

Pardon my cynicism, but it seems more than a bit contrived to me.

Don't get me wrong....I've been a zealous flag waver all my life and Old Glory has flown daily on my front porch for the last 5 years. I can't make it through the Star Spangled Banner without choking up and flag desecration disgusts me. It's equally disgusting when leftists spew vitriol at the troops who willingly die to protect the right to protest, the right to speak freely and the right to burn our flag.

I don't want America to join the ranks of China and Russia who have made it a crime to desecrate their flags.

We don't need an amendment to protect the flag. When exactly was the last flag burning?

This is a non-issue to distract the voters from the really important matters the politicians are unwilling to deal with...like illegal immigration, for instance.

How 'bout we pass an amendment to make illegal immigration against the law?

"But, Rich, it's already against the law to illegally immigrate." Yes, I know, but politicians like to pass new laws when the old laws aren't being enforced.

A new amendment would be perfect. It would take years to pass and it would give the politicians a good excuse to continue to do absolutely nothing.