Sen Specter Switching Sides - How Medieval!

The onetime Democrat Senator Specter went to the Republican side in the 1980s when President Regan was on the upswing, now in 2009 when the Democrats are on the upswing he switches sides to go back to the Democrats to be on the "winning" side again.

During the Middle Ages mercenary troops were routinely hired to supplement the King's forces and often in the middle of a battle they would switch sides once they figured out who was going to win.

Now Sen Specter IS a mercenary in the US Senate - he was hired by the state's people to do it's bidding in the Senate. All elected people are mercenaries - they are hired to do the bidding of people who hired them on their behalf and that is the way all elected government officials have ever worked and the way it is supposed to work.

Switching sides is normal - they want to stay employed and all mercenaries will switch to the "highest bidder" so they will stay employed.

As it was stated in "Harry Potter" : "standing up to your enemies is easy, standing up against your friends is harder".

The problem facing those in the US Senate with Senator Specter is that now no one knows if they are a friend or an enemy - or both at the same time.