[jfengel]

I don't believe they're on a payroll. They don't need to be. They were carefully courted as true believers in their ideological cause. They believe in the votes they cast.

And that's actually much more reliable than paying them. People who can be bought can be out-bid. True believers will do it for nothing except the right to make their ideology the law of the land.

[greenhearth]

Ok, I admit that you are right. Getting paid for their "opinions" is the proverbial icing I suppose.