"All politics are local"- Tip O'Neill

Here's how I know this is true:

I tend to have left-oriented views on politics. This being said, I feel it's best to have politicians in office who share my views (identity politics, anyone?).
I am covered under my dad's health insurance plan.


My dad tends to be mostly right-oriented. This being said, he feels it's best to have politicians in office who share his views. In fact, he works for a prominent Republican figure in Missouri, and if this guy wasn't in office, my dad would be out a job. His health insurance plan is through his job.

Although we don't have many stances on political issues in common, it's best that his views win out, at least in Missouri, so that he can keep his job. If he keeps his job, he keeps his insurance. If he keeps his insurance, he keeps me on his plan.

SO, even though I most likely would NOT vote for the guy who keeps my dad employed, it's best that he is elected. Otherwise, I wouldn't have health insurance.

How's that for a pickle?