Opinion of the (1820) Missouri Compromise?

[Mechaman]

Horrible Compromise.  To the great irony of it's authors it probably made the American Civil War more of an inevitability than it was before.  As well it only seemed to encourage slavery advocates to promote more western expansion with the sole intent of getting more pro-slavery votes in congress, even going to war with Mexico to do it.

I can't say I'm a huge fan of it.