Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. If they expressed their honest views-about, say, their party's policies-then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. Clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? ["A political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government.", 'Some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government.', "Some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.", 'Achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government.']