expedience

Certainly, politicians change stances all the time for political expedience or upon learning new information.

The line between governing and eyeing the next election has become indistinguishable — much to the chagrin of those who wish expedience and partisanship had less influence over lawmakers and their decisions.

He's the closest thing they can get to a sure-fire winner, so expedience rules.

Sadly, however, this reaction will likely not make a dent in the Beltway wisdom that Christian conservatives dislike Trump's violent misogyny, and are merely overlooking it out of political expedience.

But no one has rejected the possibility that he's just a shameless opportunist who panders to conspiracy theorists and bigots for money and political expedience.