Senators Rodney Ellis (l) and bill sponsor Troy Fraser spar at the Capitol. Credit: photo by Lee Nichols

Sen. Troy Fraser is just walking into every rhetorical trap the Dems set for him. He just whipped out one of the favorite GOP talking points on the Voter ID bill: you need a photo ID to board an airplane, why not to vote?

His colleague Rodney Ellis easily shot that one down: “There’s a minor distinction – I don’t have a constitutional right to get on an airplane.”

This article appears in March 6 • 2009.

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