>Is Labor’s only rational plan to amass as much political power as possible at the least cost? yes, unfortunately this is the game called politics. It stinks,

>Is Labor’s only rational plan to amass as much political power as possible at the least cost? yes, unfortunately this is the game called politics. It stinks, but it is what it is. >Be as cynical as you like, but opposition parties are still allowed to oppose things on principle. Again, is it rational to oppose a bill which, for the Murdoch media would boil down to "Labor loves ISIS"? It's unwinnable. Smart political operators fight battles that have some chance of being won. This wasn't one of them. I wish it was.