Todays paper had a cartoon that showed a flag draped casket, the caption was "How should Congress vote ?
( Gay)( ) ( Straight)( ) (American)( X)
The point being that after 15ish years of "Don't ask, don't tell, no one except self righteous assholes cares about a soldier's "orientation".
The reason the bill was defeated the first time around was because American's DO NOT want another darned Amnesty !