Spinmeister

Seen "Thank You for Smoking" yet? If so, you may appreciate E Magazine editor Jim Motovalli's interview with real-life Nick Naylor, Frank Maisano. Like Naylor, the "morally flexible" tobacco lobbyist in the movie, Maisano insists there are two sides to every issue, and he has made a career of arguing strenuously on the side that pays. Also like Naylor, he actually comes off as an okay guy, despite the outrageousness of his positions. It got me to wondering, is there anything we can learn from people like this?