What? The mode of electing senators makes all the difference. And by the way, the legislatures had the right to recall senators in mid-term. Read http://www.liberty-ca.org/repeal17/states/montana2003oneil.htm
Just keep an open mind. You will discover that the 17th amendment has had terrible unintended consequences.
Where does it say that? I don't see it. I agree with the antifeds that the mode of choosing senators had no effect whatsoever. It was an administrative function, form over substance. The states lost their sovereignty when the Constitution was ratified.