Slowly learning

Saskatchewan's Con MPs appear to have figured out the seemingly-obvious truth that repudiating campaign promises doesn't tend to have positive results:

Conservative MPs from Saskatchewan are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to keep the party's campaign promise on federal equalization payments.

If he doesn't, according to a letter signed by Saskatchewan Conservative caucus chair Brian Fitzpatrick that was leaked to the media, it will cause "no end of political difficulty" in the next election.

Of course, Fitzpatrick's realization doesn't mean PMS will stop taking Saskatchewan for granted and follow through on the party's campaign commitments. But it does mean that Saskatchewanians now have the Cons' own words to turn against them if Harper decides that keeping his promise isn't a priority.