As with so many issues in politics, the problem isn’t so much with the position being taken; the problem is with politicians who switch from one reasonable position to a diametrically opposed reasonable position the second it suits their own political viability.
But what should be the rule when it comes to family members of politicians? What standard should be even-handedly applied to them all? Basically, families of politicians should be off-limits to criticism until such time as they do something political. The problem, though, is getting politicians to live up to that standard, because politicians routinely put their families up for political consideration.
