While one always prefers a politician to do the right thing because they come to that conclusion on their own, without political pressure to change their mind, it is still better to come to that conclusion eventually while the issue is at hand. And the sooner, the better.
As example, Barack Obama could have concluded from Scott Brown's stunning Senate win in January 2010 that his healthcare legislation was a bad idea. Instead, the President doubled down - and the "shellacking" he and his party took in the mid-terms elections were the result.
This week, Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, came out strongly against earmarks - reversing course from comments he made a week ago. McConnell no doubt saw the intense opposition his pro-earmark comments generated, and quickly accommodated the anti-spending sentiment in the country.
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