“I have no doubt that this is a very awkward thing for me. But as a private citizen now, not an office holder, my only obligation is to do what’s in the best interest of public policy.”
Jim Leach, former Republican congressman from Iowa who will speak tonight at the Democratic National Convention.
It’s really a shame that Churchill was so right. Democracy is the worst when “the best interest of public policy” comes in second to reelection concerns.
