re: JBE is right about something. Rispone simply won't (or can't) say what he will do.

Lemme splain it to you, Slippy. There is a term in logic called 'presumption shift.'
It is better to try what you don't know if what you do know is bad.
JBE is term limited if he wins. That means if he wants a future in politics as a democrat he's gonna have to turn hard left.
He will say 'I've evolved on the issue.'