Are you surprised by this? In case you're new to the game, this is pretty much how politics works on both sides. Am I happy someone in his position took this stance? Sure, but I am also disappointed in how exploitative it likely is. Such is life. The wise people can look beyond this and focus on the other issues you site, the rest vote blindly. Don't like it? Fight harder for a system that has more than two parties and where the electorate has easier access to the information that will educate them on the pictures you deem important.