A House panel is revisiting the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for the first time since it was implemented 15 years ago.

Democrats like California's Ellen Tauscher say there's no chance it'll be changed this year. But she thinks it may be possible next year, if Barack Obama is elected president and Democrats control Congress.

Tauscher is convinced it's time to allow gays in the military to be open about their sexuality, and she's not alone. Three-fourths of those surveyed in a Washington Post-ABC News poll over the weekend said openly gay people should be allowed to serve. That's up from 62 percent in early 2001 and 44 percent in 1993.

Sen. John McCain supports the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy.