Obama won't do what the people want until after November. Congress just won't do it at all.

“There is something odd,” writes Ezra Klein, “about accusing Republicans of politicizing action on immigration reform while you’re delaying it because of the electoral calendar.”

He’s referring to President Obama’s decision to hold off on executive action on immigration—action the president previously named as a priority—until after the fall midterms. And Klein’s right, of course: it’s a nakedly political move on Obama's part, and it makes his accusations that Republicans are playing politics sound pretty hollow.

But while this certainly isn’t Obama’s most inspiring moment, as an example of political hypocrisy it’s pretty unremarkable stuff. Politicians always play politics, and they always do it while accusing their opponents of doing it.