True Character Revealed

There's been a bit of a kerfuffle over Sarah Palin's intent to campaign for John McCain in Arizona and Rick Perry in Texas because both hold some opinions foreign to Tea Partiers.  I thought this bit below, from a longer piece, was really well said -- something everyone interested in politics would do well to consider

... true character is revealed, not necessarily when we agree with someone, but in areas where we may disagree. The way we deal with those situations says a lot about who we really were all along. When disagreements lead to backstabbing, undermining, and trying to rally others to buy into it, I have to wonder if the knife was waiting in the back pocket all along.

Well said, by Adrienne Ross.