So that is where Hillary and the Democratic Party stand: In support of expanding benefits, opposed to making our looming retirement income crisis worse by cutting benefits, and paying for every penny of benefits by requiring millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share.
Even seemingly straightforward issues like defending universal benefits and opposing the cuts to child benefit are far from clear-cut issues for many Labour MPs.
Labour has indicated it will support reforms to simplify benefits while opposing "reckless" cuts to welfare.
For those reasons, his allies see few benefits to opposing the Senate repeal bill even if it's less than ideal.
And if the Kentucky Republican has proven one thing these past 18 months, it is that he can unite disparate factions around certain principles, chief among them that there are political benefits to opposing the president.
The Risky: They can offer a benefit because opposing players are often not well versed in their nuances.
Those who are eager to see businesses take a stand against Trump can perhaps take heart from a couple of recent Trump-trolling advertisements by companies that see obvious benefit in opposing him.
"There will always be at least one Republican senator from the right (and likely more) who will see some political benefit in opposing whatever McConnell wants to do," he writes.
And they must have decided there was more benefit to opposing gay marriage than supporting it...
The exchange offered by the five-a-day campaign focused mainly on long-term benefits, as opposed to both short- and long-term benefits, which are more valued by the target audience.
