Hi @bradengroom! Unfortunately, this PR did not reach a successful conclusion before Python 2.7 reached EOL on January 1st. As this does not appear to be a critical security issue, there is almost no chance that it will be accepted in this brief limbo window between end-of-support and the final 2.7.18 release, so I'm going to go ahead and close it.

Thanks for your contribution anyway, and I hope your next one is more fruitful!