@inthehands I had a similar epiphany when Obama said, publicly and often, that the ACA was the greatest thing since sliced bread, when he surely knew it was an awkward compromise. It was explained to me that saying what all those senators and congresspeople had risked their careers to support “kinda sucks, but it’s the best we could do” won’t exactly keep them as allies next time.
Iterated, high-visibility games are the norm. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1048424.Governing_the_Commons