June 4, 2007 5:02 AM

A Difference on Constitutional Rights

For all the differences among the candidates in last night's Democratic Presidential Debate, the major result was their similiarities on a range of issues from ending the Occupation in Iraq, employing diplomacy with Iran and supporting out troops and their families. And the differences between the Dems as a group and the GOP candidates as a group are remarkable.

Sadly, the Dems did not get asked any question about Americans' constitutional rights. But Senator Chris Dodd did use his final comment -- and the final 10 seconds of the debate -- to declare that on his first day as President, he would heal our Constitution and restore Habeas Corpus.

Dodd has been a leader on this issue -- one that we care deeply about, which is why we ask you to join our call to Congress: restore our Constitutional rights.

We applaud Dodd for ensuring this issue was raised. After all, the Republican candidates discussed it at length -- leading to this memorable line from Mitt Romney:

I want them on Guantanamo where they don't get the access to lawyers they get when they are on our soil....Some people have said we ought to close Guantanamo. My view is we ought to double Guantanamo

You can read our past post on this subject (with video of creepy Romney). Or you can do something to help reaffirm candidates that we care about this issue...and maybe remind moderators like Wolf Blitzer that there are critical topics he forgot to mention.