For at least the second time this year, Senator John McCain has suggested he might support the reinstatement of a military draft. During a town hall meeting this week, McCain said he agreed with a supporter’s concern that a draft might be needed in order to hunt down Osama bin Laden.

Audience Member: “If we don’t reenact the draft, I don’t think we’ll have anyone to chase bin Laden to the gates of Hell.”

Sen. John McCain: “Ma’am, let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you said.”

Last September, during a campaign event in New Hampshire, McCain also discussed the draft.

Sen. John McCain: “One, this is the best military we’ve ever had, and it’s just not big enough. Two, there has never been a draft that I have ever heard of since World War II that was fair. What we’ve done is we find rich people find a way out and lower income people are the ones that serve. So the thing — if you could design — I might consider it. I don’t think it’s necessary. I might consider it, if you could design a draft where everybody equally would serve.”