You'll be hearing the last four words a lot

The good news: State Sen. Ted Little, D-Auburn, and state Rep. Demetrius Newton, D-Birmingham, will sponsor a measure that would allow Alabama voters to decide on whether to call a constitutional convention to draw up a replacement for the state's flawed 1901 charter.

The bad news: A constitutional reform bill has almost no chance of escaping the Legislature in 2006 because it's an election year.