Exactly. There are some political moves which, in themselves, ARE good. And this is one of them. It sends a useful message and sets a good precedent.

Number 6 - your degree of cynicism about politicians is understandable, but is it useful? The reason I ask is that I have known several extremely idealistic and totally well-intentioned and honest people who went into politics. What good is it if you automatically write them all off as decent human beings merely because they are now "politicians"?