Making print a statement again would mean you can't print in a lambda. That'll break a bunch of Python 3 code, which puts us right back where we started; people being upset about a new release of Python breaking their code.
You don't need to jettison print-as-a-function in order to have print-as-a-statement.
>>> print "hello"
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
If it can print a SyntaxError explaining the problem then it can print "hello".
The only snag is that a tuple would be printed slightly differently, but that is harmless.
People should be upset that a new release of Python breaks their code, because the Python developers acted unprofessionally in expecting all python code in existence to be rewritten to suit their aesthetic fetishes.
