Oh, he's got a backbone. He just chooses to ignore it in the name of bipartisanship. He seems more interested in getting his critics to like him than pushing the agenda of the people that elected him.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
