The deal is this.... all partisin politics aside, most polititians believe what they are doing is in accord with the Constitution, they belive that the bill they are supporting fits with how they read the Constitution. Reading the thing aint going to help that. You see, the political pholosophy of those who are elected by the people, reflects the reading of the Consitution of those people. Reading it does not change anything, its not like some polititian is going to say. Ohh, I never heard that part, I guess it is unconstitutional to give preference to faith based orginizations.........
This is why its a PR stunt...
Now I know some polititians do need a primer on the Constitution but knoledge of it should be assumed. (Exclude GWB on this as he clearly said "Its just a piece of paper" when confronted with objections to his plans re the Constitution)