Jeff confessed to me his great remorse for his crimes. he wished he could do something for the families of his victims to make it right, but there was nothing he could do. he turned to god because there was no one else to turn to, but he showed great courage in his daring to ask the question, ‘is heaven for me too? ' i think many people are resentful of him for asking that question. but he dared to ask, and he dared to believe the answer.

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.