A tableau: Politician A does something outrageous for political gain. A's opponents in party B decry this outrageous action as being outrageous and done for po

A tableau: Politician A does something outrageous for political gain. A's opponents in party B decry this outrageous action as being outrageous and done for political gain. Decrying things A does is to B's political advantage! Conclusions: everyone is politicizing this issue. Maybe we need a better metric for evaluating political action than whether the actors see some political benefit.