JWK
Here’s a thought: Since the COS is an effort that is spearheaded by state legislatures whose proximity to the electorate is considerably closer than anyone in DC I think it could reasonably be argued that whatever the COS comes up with could truly be considered the ‘will of the people’ more so than the Washington establishment.
Assuming that the end result is detrimental to the United States as a whole, we could sit back and say, “Okay this is what people want and we’ll move on from there.” Either way the logjam of the status quo is removed which affords us the political, societal and cultural avenues to consider other options. I don’t know about you but I’m tired of the stalemate of the current political climate.
Either way we have an obligation to try.