Read the quotation from a 2018 live interview with Mitt Romney when he was running for the US Senate. There are times in politics you look back and say, "You know what? I compromised my principles there. I wish I wouldn’t have.” And you admit that honestly . . . but on policies, policies we think are consistent with those principles . . . on policy, we learn, as time goes on, "Gee, circumstances are different than I thought. Maybe this thing I didn’t like is working better than I imagined.” And so . . . you can learn and see if there’s a way to find common ground. –Mitt Romney, October 1, 2018
Answer
A
Politicians should compromise their principles if that would help them politically.
B
Politicians should not compromise their principles or the policies they supported in the past.
C
Politicians should not compromise their principles, but they can try to collaborate on policies.
D
Politicians should always try to work with others, even if that means compromising their principles.