G-man - If this was a live, partisan issue, I'm sure we'd be seeing it as an election issue.
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Hagel, who spoke to the committee April 20, told the Washington Post his main interest in the draft is considered so "the privileged, the rich," as well as the less affluent, bear the burden of fighting the War on Terror.
That does have a lot of appeal, although its one very good reason as to why it will never happen. The affluent generally vote Republican, and they, sensibly, won't want their kids shot, or, worse, beheaded on videotape.