His grandstanding moment du jour is the video game industry. He would like there to be more stringent laws regarding violent video games. He states:

“In the face of continued industry inaction–enabling unattended children to buy such games–states must preserve their critical right to protect children.”

What he seems to be ignorant of (or outright ignores) is the fact that the gaming industry has been doing this for years already. He even goes on to suggest that the industry take some cues from the film industry’s efforts to keep kids away from objectionable content. If he cared to get his facts straight, he’d realize it’s much harder to get a violent video game than to sneak into a rated R movie. Retail outlets like Walmart and Bestbuy already check the ID’s of customers purchasing rated “M” games.

This blatant grandstanding for votes is off-putting and gross. It plays into our cynicism, and erodes our confidence in government.