UPDATE: Some knots of skeptics are claiming that this is a ruse, a cover, etc. I disagree. If they were thinking of going along with things anyway, they could have been way more vague. This is a pretty definitive statement. It goes along with what I’ve often said in comments here- the further down the ladder you go, the more politicians will recognize that they serve their constituents and are answerable to them. We’re not out of the woods yet by any means, but I don’t feel any reluctance to say that this is a good sign.