Remember, Democrats in Illinois who will have veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate come January already are on record supporting pension reform. The 2013 legislation that curbed the growth of pensions and pushed up age requirements was shepherded through the legislature by House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton. The bill targeted those 3 percent compounded COLAs that are crushing taxpayers. So adjusting the constitution to permit those changes, which the high court rejected, doesn’t have to be a knock-down, drag-out battle. It’s a restatement of what they already are on record supporting. It should be enshrined as an amendment.