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yeah, what Al's talking about is pretty much a bribe (I can't remember the exact poly sci term, stupid me!). I'm pretty sure in this case it's tied to transportation funding (i.e. roads). So, with such a large chunk of money coming from the Federal Gov't to keep the roads in shape, no state is going to back away from this money just because of any objections to keeping 18-20 year olds from drinking.
I remember my dad talking about how, in the '70s, living in St. Louis during his first couple years of college (at a local community college), he and his buddies would go into Illinois after work and what not to go to a bar since, at the time, the legal age in IL was only 18 (MO had upped it to 21 by then). I think, too, that IL had a pretty shoddy reputation for its roads but after "giving in" to the mandate, they've got some high-quality transportation over there. Driving from MO into IL is a stark contrast, b/c our roads here in Missouri are in the bottom 5 or 10 in the nation.
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