Well, you have to be truthful. When you get to be my age, you have to do an honest reflection.
In my estimation, it seems that the backbenchers in particular should be paying very close attention to these stars lining up: the opposition is united; the major opinion leaders of the nation are calling out the government on a file on which they already broke a major promise and betrayed untold thousands of their supporters; and, drip, drip, drip, this committee continues to meet day and night with not very nice things being said about the government.
I don't know what they're thinking in the PMO, but if I were over on those government benches that I'm looking at and were one of those backbenchers, I'd surely be paying a whole lot of serious attention to this, because a lot of the people who voted for you wanted to get rid of first past the post. You promised that you would and you turned your back on that promise. Trust me: it's not as big a problem for the Attorney General to overcome that and get re-elected because, remember, “all politics is local”.
Mr. Reid, that said was by what American House Speaker? We both know it.