However I can believe that some freshmen congressmen would be immature enough to say something that politically stupid.
Most new congressmen are mature, strong, experienced politicians, however quite a few are hand pupits of the powers-that-be in their district. They are hand-picked to run for congress because of their weaknesses and willingness to follow instructions.
They are happy just to spend their time going to cocktail parties and screwing the female "lobbyists" while their benefactors run their office through their hand-picked AAs.
{/rant}