House Democrats in leadership, to their credit, want nothing to do with Charlie Rangel’s draft idea:

The new Democratic-controlled Congress will not seriously consider reinstating the draft, even if concerns about the military’s strength and resiliency grow, party leaders said yesterday.

Key Democrats, including the incoming House speaker, House majority leader and chairmen of the House and Senate armed services committees, said they do not support a resumption of the draft. They predicted that the idea will gather little momentum in the 110th Congress, which convenes in January. Pentagon officials also restated their opposition to a draft.

Their comments came a day after Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), who will chair the Ways and Means Committee, said he would again introduce a bill calling for a return to the draft, which has been suspended since 1973.

Dead on arrival. And it should be.

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