When Senator Peter Fitzgerald left the senate, Illinois (and America) was still burdened with Dick Durbin. Now he's taking a page from the Carole Moseley-Braun playbook, trying to make hay over banning Confederate flags--in this case, from a Civil War cemetery where Confederate POWs are buried.
From AP:
Neither U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin nor the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People object to a memorial to Confederate prisoners of war who died near Springfield; they just don't want the Confederate flag flying at its dedication.
In a letter being drafted to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Durbin, D-Ill., was expected to request that the Stars and Bars be banned from a dedication ceremony for the gray granite obelisk at Camp Butler National Cemetery.
A Durbin spokeswoman said the letter on behalf of the Springfield NAACP chapter would probably be sent Monday.
Although Springfield NAACP chief Ken Page believes the 7-foot obelisk is an appropriate way to honor the Confederate dead, he said the rebel flag should not be allowed inside the cemetery gates.
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