There is so little courage in politics, if you define courage as doing something against your interests for the sake of another's. In war, you see it most clearly: someone puts his or her body down so others can live. But you see it more subtly throughout life: parents working two or three jobs so their kids can go to a better school; older kids taking time away from their own lives to help raise their younger siblings; teachers staying late, giving more to help a troubled student.