You're 100% right. BUT...the mere fact that the left is paying attention and WILL enter the fray to get whatever they can out of the whole thing tells me we need to tread lightly.
They have an open constitutional convention right now located at the SCOTUS and every other unelected area of the Federal Government, from the IRS to the EPA.
Regardless of the amendments proposed they must still be ratified by a super majority of State Legislatures. The last I checked they where overwhelmingly Republican and much closer to the average American than your every day Supreme Court Justice of Special Investigator at the IRS.
Article five is the last resort short of open rebellion to reign in an abusive power hungry National Government.