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Look, the no one wanted to vote against the Ports Safe Bill because any such politician would have been branded as very soft on terrorism and national security. It was passed on literally the last hour of the previous COngress, so no one had time to amend it.

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So you are agreeing with my point that "even those who might have thought the bill to be bad public policy put their fingers to the wind and decided that they could be more hurt by political opponents saying "He/she voted against making our ports secure" than "He/she voted to make it really difficult to put money into one's online poker account."" Right?

If so, do you find it admirable for a politician to decide what to do based on fear of what might inaccurately be said of him or her, versus basing such decisions on what he or she believes is actually right or wrong?