No, it's not that. It's. Do you like how cynical politics has made me, sir? I just want to be clear about that. Like immediately. I'm like, I could see somebody like, I don't, I don't want to. I like this issue. I want it to come up every couple years so I can fight over it. Yeah, look, there's a natural instinct of essentially playing small ball. And this is the outcome of negotiations between John Thune, Lindsey Graham and the White House. (21:04–21:11)
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Suggests that some people prefer recurring issues for political leverage.
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