Politics above policy?

Overheard on the radio the other was Newt Gingrich who made a favorable comment about people who put good law above politics or principle, or words to that effect.

Wait a minute. I thought we sent people into government for the expressed purpose of voting the principles that we sent them there for. What a crock! And this from the guy who was without a doubt the most effective expositor of "conservative" principles.

Anyone without the conviction to vote his or her principles while in office has no business being there. Regardless of who says its OK.