The uprising and subsequent military crackdown in Burma is one of the few issues on which Republicans and Democrats can agree wholeheartedly, and yet they also seem to concur that voters would rather hear about something else.

Perhaps something a little more controversial.

Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and John McCain have all come out in full support of extending U.S. sanctions against the ruling Burmese junta.

Jeremy Woodrum of...