[geofft]

> A realistic route to implementation was not one of the requirements.

I said "(Unless you have a realistic way of introducing good)" - I meant that the way of introducing it must be realistic, not simply that the good must be realistic. (Let me know if I could have phrased that more clearly!)

[logfromblammo]

There are many ways to pass legislation that are not clearly in the best interests of the legislators. Lobbying, logrolling, stealth amendment, procedural gambit, grassroots effort, convincing rhetoric, sound argument, blackmail....

Any one of those might work.

But you don't always have unlimited attempts, so it's still worth considering the amount of resistance a sound, sensible, rational solution to a real, obvious problem that affects every constituent might face in the typical congressperson, especially when the problem at hand is the prevalence of congresspersons stubbornly obstructing bills that would benefit the whole population at their expense.