Ooh! Another good reason for not going through with the deal! Because I don't understand basic politics! Well Ah'll be doggone!
there have been plenty of posts on why this should not go through. since you've obviously discounted all of those, then maybe you will accept bad politics as justification enough. because this sure as hell is bad politics, and if you can't see that we are getting killed on this issue, I don't know what to say.