If a crooked politician hadn't had a sudden attack of conscience at the last moment, Senator Smith would have ended up with his head on a platter. He was getting slaughtered.

Smith was an admirable person, with principles and honor. We should all be like that.

But learning that being on the side of the right doesn't mean you're always going to win is another part of growing up. One of the great lessons in life is that life isn't always fair. It's struggling to do the right thing when there is no apparent reward that makes a hero.

"If it isn't fun, why do it?" isn't liberal or conservative on its own. It's just immature. However, I find that most people who think what they want is more important than any other consideration tend to be liberals. It goes without saying that this does not mean all liberals are this way.