I’m sticking to:
1. Blackmail.
2. Bribery.
3. Stupidity.
1. Distraction from the Benghazi and VA scandals
2. Screw you, America
FR likes to ascribe all sorts of ulterior motives to the mechanations of politicians.
I think that they almost always boil down to the big three:
1. Sex
2. Money
3. Stupidity
There can be combinations, of course.