If I were a Congressman, I would at least have the guts to say:
“Hey, look, this is a dog and pony show. I’m looking for some face time on SportsCenter or some sound bites on my local radio station back home. Because of partisan gridlock, which is good, I haven’t been able to do anything for my constituents. I was just hoping that if they saw me on SportsCenter doing something meaningless, they would forgive me for not solving real problems and I would be re-elected.”
Already, such presumed HOF shoo-in's as McGwire and Clemens are being shunned by the voting committee (well, Clemens isn't eligible yet, but his turn will come), and Bonds can't find a job in MLB at all ...
The *people* have spoken, and they don't like what they see.
It isn't up to the government to enforce this, it'll winkle itself out in the free market ... the government has no business or right in being there, as MLB and its employees are not on the public payroll (via taxation).
Now, if the Feds wanted to do something *really* meaningful:
Drill ANWAR and offshore, authorize Nuclear plants to come online, as well as more refinery construction ... so that we don't have to pay $4+ per gallon just to go to the ballpark to see some HULK hitting a little round ball with a round bat .....
/rant #2 now off :)