[Jamo]

Laws should not be enslaved by short-termed needs. Who decides when something is crucial? You're opening it up to political whims.

Politics is what led to the change in Mass. law in the first place...nothing more. If the Democrats had risen above politics and acted from the lofty logic you present, they would have adopted the current limitation for appointed terms at that time...they made damn sure they didn't.

Now, they're making damn sure they do.

Unethical as only Kennedy-led liberal politcs can be. At least the Illinois Democratic leadership tried to get some money for their unethical appraoch.