The Senate or Parliament is a place where card game is played.
Here, an issue which is not profitable for the players becomes a dead issue.
Like in the Cartoon: The poor Little fellow sitting on the President's lap is a Mega Insurance Company. And the real poor fellows become non-issue here.
On the other hand, if it turns out to be a sensation, everybody tries to take credit for the policy even though they opposed it initially!
In this game, you think of something,
now... watch the other players, then, you say something else,
watch some more for public reaction, do something different from what you said.
Ah, before entering the clubhouse, leave your ideology at the doorstep, along with your umbrella
. And murmur
Shakespeare before standing up to speak:
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair,
Hover through fog and filthy air."