Weak and false? If you consider that the senate was up for grabs in that election year. Toomey was no lock to win the general. The possibility existed that there would be no Republican chair of that committee. That was the calculation Rick made and the president supported. This argument has been brought up as many times as his house in Penn Hills. Weak and false.
Ramcat - if I can distill the core of your argument, are you saying that:
Sometime we make compromises to get the most conservative individuals and policies possible into office?
If so, and while you may not agree, is not reasonable to share in Rick’s practical tactics and support Romney and still be a good conservative?
I’m not waiting for anyone’s blessing on the point but the line of logic cuts both ways. What’s good for the goose ...