They trot you out and use you to preserve the status quo. It is a perverse spectacle. Friends, come over to the freedom side. The author suggests that while the regulatory threat to private schools would be ever-present and ominous with vouchers, lawsuits could diminish their impact. He also suggests that vouchers would bring competition and diversity that would inevitably improve the public-school system.
Some conservatives believe that public schooling is morally wrong and educationally harmful.
Thus, they openly defend vouchers as a way to ultimately destroy public schooling. Other conservatives stay silent on the issue. They don't want the public to know that they are secret advocates of abolishing public schooling. If people know that I favor ending public schooling, then they won't take me seriously. Other conservatives are strong defenders of public schooling and view vouchers as a way of improving the system.