Isn't that exactly how the world works? Use other people to achieve your goals? Isn't that what "getting ahead" is all about? You use whatever stepping stones you need to use so you don't get wet if the stepping stones are human beings. Who cares as long as you get what you want? Well that's the way the cookie crumbles even for don. Especially in politics and among the movers and shakers. No big deal, right?