The article, by George F. Will of the the Washington Post, appeared on thestate.com was a call to amended the 17th amendment of the Constitution. He speaks about Wisconsin Senate Feingold, along with John McCain backing, the need to revise the decision of having state executives fill vacant senate seats until a state can have a popular election. A move that no doubt has gain fueled with the Illinois Gov. Blagojevich scandal in which he tried to allegedly use his power by selling President Obama's vacate U.S Senate seat to the highest bidder in this case Roland Burris. Feingold contends that if it were revised to have just the people choose the seat all this scandal would have been avoided, an idea in which I am inclined to agree with. However the opposition comes from those who think that the forefathers of the Constitution got it right and this process should not be tampered with.
Will's article was written to oppose Feingold's view revise the Constitution and to have elections to fill vacant senate seats. He sides with the idea the framers of the Constitution had of the House, Senate, and the presidency having three different processes to fill vacancies which promotes the theory of checked and balanced. I have no issue with this notion either, but to have a free and open election each time is also fair and would prohibit the notion of selling a seat to the highest bidder which is completely unacceptable and does a disservice to the people it is suppose to represent.
