The Senate recently passed the Children and Media Research and Advancement Act (CAMRA), which calls for a study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to investigate the impact of video games and other media on the development of children. You can thank Senators Clinton (D-NY), Lieberman (D-CT), Brownback (R-KS), Durbin (D-IL) and Santorum (R-PA) for this one.

Obviously, this bill has bipartisan support, as it appeals to both Democrats who want an over-regulated nanny state and Republicans, who want to impose their moral values on you. The phrase "think of the children" carries more weight politically than the United States Constitution, apparently.

Although the government has no business conducting this study in the first place, I can only hope that it will not find a significant causal link between video games and the issues described, because I am sure that even the most tenuous association made will be blown out of proportion by leglisators seeking easy votes from soccer moms.

Oh well. I'm sure the CDC has nothing better to do.

Anyway, here's a link to the story.