The Flag Burning Amendment and its Supporters

Here are a couple of notes about the "Flag Desecration Amendment" and those who support it. This is from a Californian who served during the Vietnam War Era (but not in Vietnam) and is a registered Republican.

Those who would protect the flag by desecrating the Bill of Rights should have a consistent record of such protective behavior.
Those who have shirked their duty earlier cannot now claim a patriotic role. Of the 20 Republican Congresspersons from California, 12 faced the draft during the Vietnam Era. Only three served. That means that nine did not go. Those nine (Herger, Lundgren, Doolittle, Gallegly, Dreier, Royce, Calvert, Rohrbacher and Cox) should have been called out and told not to vote. They did not serve the flag when it counted. They should not have played the superpatriot now.
The same thing goes in the Senate, starting with the Majority Leader.

In the Senate, there are 19 male Republicans born from 1943 through 1953 (prime draft material). Only one (Hagel – NE) served in the regular military (Army, served in Vietnam ’67-’68).
Three were in the National Guard – Isakson – GA, Craig – ID, and Enzi – WY. One, Sessions – AL, was in the Army Reserves. It would be interesting to know how they got into the Guard/Reserves.
All the rest somehow missed out on military service. The most interesting names on the List of the Missing are Bill Frist and Saxby Chambliss.