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Originally posted by sgtclub
Oh I see. If you want to negotiate you should first take a hard position and the next day tell everyone that you didn't really mean it, because, after all, credibility really doesn't matter in negotations? You are obviously not a transactional lawyer.
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You're right -- I'm not a transactional lawyer, and I've freely admitted to being a poor negotiator. However, I think we should not have taken this particular hard position in the first place -- for the reasons I enunciated. (And, apparently, many senior Republicans agree with me mirabile dictu!)
Credibility is important, but at some point you've got to bend over and take off the golf spikes if you're stepping on your dick. The problem is, I think that som of our policy-makers never figure out where the pain is coming from.
S_A_M
