here's some info on the two bills relating to the draft. Basically they were introduced by two democrates and, if passed, would require all americans age 18-26 ( men and women ) to preform 2 years of military service or similar service in homeland security or national defense. Both bills were introduced, got some co-sponsers and now sit in the appropriate commitee and are going nowhere. Many people think this was a ploy by the dems to scare young people into voting for Kerry. I guess the bottom line is that they were most likely a political tool but what if things get really shitty? we already have them in the works, no reason they can't move foward with them now.
here's some info
HR 163
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:
and S 89
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN00089: