I’d forgive him for some of his sins if he pushed this through!
I agree with Pissant, and as post #19 noted, Graham isn't just saying this to pander to primary voters and save his butt, because he just started his second term. He's not up for re-election for another four years.
I have to admit I am pleasently surprised he's putting forth a serious proposal to end birthright citizenship. Graham has been a disappointment lately but this is a huge issue we NEED to address, and he's on the right side. Another biggie was the Iraq surge vote when he ripped the Dem opposition to shreds.
SCOTUS interpreted the 14th amendment to mean automatic citizenship for immigrant's childrens born on US soil (regardless of how long they stayed here or if the parents were legal) back in the 1890s or so. It seems the only way around this abuse of the 14th amendment is another constitutional amendment clarifying the 14th or another SCOTUS ruling that would overturn the 1890 decision ala Brown v. Board of Ed did to Plessy vs. Feragson.
Many freepers claim Graham is a clone of McCain and I don't believe that's the case. They have similar, but not identical records. Graham is usually the more consevative of the two, on issues like ANWR drilling and gun rights. (unfortunately he's turned out to be the more liberal of the two on judicial appointments.) Hopefully he can talk McCain and other unreliable Senators to support our side on this one. He certainly won't get a full fledged DIABLO like Mark Kirk or Olmypia Snowe to side with him. They'll pretend to do a "thoughtful study" of the legislation for a few weeks, then announce they've concluded it's unconstitutional and mean-spirited.