Regretfully, for all of its freedom, liberties, and economic opportunities, America's blood has been poisoned by hypocrisy since the time of our nation's conception. Slavery was our first cancer. It is our original sin. And although it was never mentioned directly in the Constitution, the three-fifths compromise sticks out like a tumor on that otherwise exemplary document. The English language lacks the words sufficient to describe the moral consequences of that egregious error.