Ah.... swayed by public opinion. I like that. I used it to defend Bob Dole's comments regarding abortion, which basically amounted to: "Bob Dole doesn't think it's right, but Bob Dole knows the American people are overwhelming in favor of freedom of choice, so Bob Dole does his best to represent those people."
Gotta love his 3rd person self references.
But, I think it's true. A politician's job is to represent my view, no?