… either that of Lindsey Graham or of other far more entertaining showmen, such as Don Draper, a wonderful line comes to mind from "Doc Martin," a British comedy-drama series nearly equal to "Mad Men" in its excavated insights into the human condition.
In one choice segment, the series' father plumber/restauranteur earnestly and rather innocently explains to his son in a moment of delicate troubles: "Just remember, for every problem there is a solution. And vice versa."
Though a socialist I be at heart, that speaks to the conservatism of my inner mind (or is it the other way around?) and is, above both, a tidy testament to philosophical skepticism. Progressives are often attentive to only the father's lead advice, and modern conservatives to only his latter.
There is a happy mix: incrementalism — a blend of Burke and Debs, which Barack Obama "gets." It's a shame he's outmanned by Washington's Lindsey Grahams.