More to the point, Satan was the "Father of Lies", which means he was the founding father of politics.
Ain't THAT the truth.
After you've rendered what is God's to God, what exactly remains?
Great tag line!
Dwight Pryor (www.jcstudies.com) claims this is precisely what Jesus meant. When he showed the Jews the face on the coin he was showing them a graven image of one of the Roman gods. He was pointing out that the entire debate demonstrated that the Jews were playing at religion and quibbling over details rather than giving their entire lives over to G-d as He required of them.
Shalom.