The amendment to stop this crap failed by one vote: and one of the voters against it was 12,000 year old Robert Byrd who is up for re-election. He might get re-elected, of course, because he in the King of Pork. However, whether he can vote next time remains to be seen. The other WV Senator had better sense and voted affirmative.
Of course the second annual flag burning may not be the last annual flag burning, but the burners will (a) be doing it elsewhere than in the U.S.; or (b)doing it here because they want some warm place where food is provided; or (c) they like the stories they have heard about prison homosexuality, or (d) they are just the harmless but nettlesome prickly pears who need something to do after sucking the bong all day, with a snort of coke as a chaser later in the early evening.
So, someone finally cut him open and counted the rings?
I'll guarantee you that the one vote short on the Flag Burning Amendment was just a coincidence. Republicans don't really want to pass it, they like bringing it up every election year. Notice that conservative Republicans Mitch McConnell and Robert Bennett voted against it, as if the leadership couldn't get one more vote. McConnell will likely be majority leader when Frist retires, so its as clear a ploy as can be.