Change your party affiliation once in political office? Ethical? Shmethical! These flips seem to be going around. Jeff Van Drew. Kirsten Sinema. And now, newly elected PA Speaker of the House, Mark Rozzi. These are all former Democrats, who campaigned on the Democrat campaign dime, only to turn away from those ideological and financial supporters once in office. Can they do that? Can these candidates take money from hopeful Democrats, only to prove that they were campaigning under false colors, who, once they were comfortably in office, shed their sheep’s clothing to show their new (one hesitates to say “true”) colors? Yep. Shmethical indeed. Democrats can rightly feel duped, that money they donated toward a candidate that they helped to get into office was not the product that they were promised and that they paid for. But these political party switcheroos beg a larger question: why? Did these politicians, as candidates, pick the party that best reflected their personal ideals or the party that would best help them win office? Principles or expediency? Shouldn’t candidates, by accepting support from a political party, by mouthing the right party words to win an election, honor that contract, that political commitment? But I am back to the beginning for my answer: ethical, shmethical. All’s fair and all that. The only losers are the voters. And that’s the sad truth.