When I was a congressional chief of staff I was always pleased when a constituent came up to me after a contentious meeting or town hall and told me “I disagree with your boss on issue X but I appreciate his thoughtful consideration and his willingness to come out and talk to his constituents about it.” It told me we were doing something right. This seems to be almost entirely missing from today’s public debate over Trump, the repeal of Obamacare and a host of other issues