I don't think they (Rangel included) ever intended for a draft to be implemented. It was a scare tactic designed to instil in the American public that things were so bad in Iraq that a volunteer force couldn't handle it and that a general population draft would be necessary. Nothing makes a liberal crap his pants more than the thought of forced military service.
I disagree. The Kerry plank included compulsory national service.
Nothing makes Elitists more happy than compulsory service.