Here's an interesting column on how Lincoln helped bring about the Civil War because he stood firmly against slavery, despite making politically correct noises at the time that he was solely interested in preserving the Union. This is historically telling and a bit of a revelation to many of us who were taught otherwise.

But I mention it here to make a point on topic; the true convictions of a principled man may be obscured in a cloud of political noise and tapdancing, without being, themselves, compromised in any degree.
I'm just saying...

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