When in doubt, politicians will usually support policies that are popular, even if those policies are wrong. Political courage is required to support a policy that is right, but unpopular. Let us say that any given policy may be categorized in four ways:
- Popular and right.
- Popular but wrong.
- Unpopular but right.
- Unpopular and wrong.
How many of John McCain’s key policy stances fell into category 4?
