Having been elected to the legislature in Missouri for a decade, I know that the phrase ‘Victory has a thousand fathers, while failure is an orphan’ is very accurate in the public policy arena.

When major legislation becomes law, everyone likes to stick their hand up to claim sole credit for its passage.

The truth is that passing significant legislation is usually a joint effort between a bill’s primary sponsor and supportive organizations that rally their members into encouraging lawmakers to support the bill.

This is the way things are supposed to work.