> If this were a principled stand on Obama's part it would be supportable.
When has any politician ever taken a principled stand?
(All right, someone will probably unearth a dusty example.)
But aren't consequences more important than motivations?
Shouldn't we support good policies regardless of their origins?
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."