Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) created a firestorm last week, as he was videotaped at a local meeting saying he didn”t care about the Constitution (as it related to health reform).  He also doesn”t seem to understand the difference between the Constitution and Declaration.

Then, when the above video went viral on the internet, he responded with this pathetic mea culpa.  Even if you buy his explanation, the fact that he thinks the health reform bill doesn”t violate the Constitution is enough to ensure that Hare never serves in public office again so much as a dog catcher.

In questions of power…let no more be heard of confidence in
man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the
Constitution.

Thomas Jefferson: Kentucky Resolutions, 1798