The pursuit of truth must wait, always, for the political bus to fill itself with delusions, lies and general deceit before it receives a seat. It sits in the rear of the machine, watching for all of the grasping and jabs that come.
Fortunately, truth stays the same, but it may be that the deceit and falsity are its friends, or perhaps truth and falsity have an ontological common root. In any case, truth sits in the bus, silently.