Their position on slavery would suggest you are correct, but that didn’t work out so well, and I think it’s fair to say the slavery issue was their biggest error.
On the other hand, maybe that was the only way to get the states together, and we shouldn’t fault them for accepting something that would be loathsome to rational people, if that compromise led to something better.
You mean like putting a Human Life Amendment on the back-burner and instead focusing on the more attainable goals like getting Roe v. Wade reversed?
Many folks treat "compromise" as a dirty word, especially if it's on their "near and dear" topic. But getting some of what you want is usually better than holding out for everything, and getting nothing.