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I don't have much, if any problem, with people who decide not to say the pledge. Sometimes it bugs me a little when kids don't bother to stand not because they are taking a political or philosophical position, but because they'd rather finish math homework or something that particular day. If you're a pledger 90% of the time, go ahead set aside the 30 seconds to pledge, I think. I do understand that it's hard to actually give saying it conscious thought when you say it everyday under the exact same half-asleep circumstances.
But I'm not sure that giving this kid this big an audience is particularly awesome. I don't have any particular problem with his position, but I think there's a chance that he's just getting reinforcement for attention seeking behavior, rather than taking principled stands. Without knowing the kid, it's impossible to say, and we're certainly giving CNN what they are looking for: controversy in a clip.
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