AMK

I've been thinking a lot about the federal judge's recent decision striking down Prop 8, the California ballot initiative that essentially banned gay marriage.

We all know this case will eventually wind up in the SCOTUS and we know the ideological split that currently exists on the high court. And ever since Sandra Day O'Connor retired, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has been the swing vote.

So why don't we just dispense with the drama, hold a cocktail party in Georgetown, get Kennedy all liquored up and ask him what he thinks? It'd save us all a lot of trouble, don't you think?