"Old Glory lost today," said Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, who scheduled the debate and vote in the week before Congress broke for its Fourth of July recess.

Bill Frist now enters my list of bovine residue senators.
Give me a break. What a pile of crap.

Military folks correct me if I am wrong: You guys do not pledge allegiance to a flag, you pledge allegiance to the constitution, a set of ideas... correct?