New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who insisted last year that Democrats were just as patriotic as Republicans, said Wednesday that she's against a Constitutional amendment to ban the burning of the American flag.Huh? For a shrewd politician, this doesn't seem like a very good idea. Hillary Clinton has absolutely nothing to gain from opposing the flag burning ammendment. Had she supported the ammendment (or simply kept quiet) her supporters would have surely forgiven the nod to small-minded red state politics. Instead, she spoke up and handed her opponents a custom-made attack ad.
The only explanantion: Her behavior, in this case, is based on principle, not polls.