Posted on 07/28/2015 2:57:06 PM PDT by jimbo123
Oh, it's arguable, I suppose .... but not bad for a first-pass Rule of Thumb!
What he means is, you should settle, while he gets exactly what he wants.
Russell Long (D-La. senator, for you ingenuous young peeps) once told a scribbler his secret, viz., to dance around the issues, holding his cards tight to his vest in a death-grip, and dance his competitors and opponents around (in committee), and dance 'em around, and dance 'em around, until he got 'em exactly where he wanted them -- and then stop.
That's what a "compromise" is.
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