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Originally Posted by Slava
He has painted himself into a corner...but if that corner means voting against a tax increase then you have to think that is a good spot to be in. Much better than if he said he would support them no matter what and voted in favour of the increase.
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I think the arguement here is that he's not in a corner at all. If he doesn't want to go to the polls his party will still vote against the government, but there will be a number of missing Liberal MPs for the vote. Making promises and bending them is essentially what embodies being a politician. Just last spring Jack Layton made a statement that there was no way his party would vote with the conservative government, and alas reality changed. Technically the grits will be able to say that they always voted against the government, but at the same time not rock the boat enough to force an unwanted election on the Canadian people.