Political Theatre

Take a note: it won't help Costello at all - Opinion - smh.com.au

Nothing much to say about Howard/Costello. All part of the political theatre, and not very edifying. If politicians did not spend so much time on internal party maneuvering they could devote a lot more time to policy and things that matter to their constituents.

As Gerard Henderson notes in his column above:

The fact is that there are few genuine friendships in politics - for the obvious reason that politicians are involved in a continuing contest for the top job.

Maybe true but kind of sad.