"(Which is oh, a great reason for choosing someone with so much attitude! No point getting a spy who's so overawed they'll only tell you what you want to hear.)"

This is such a fantastic point! Ahhh, I love these poll posts when they are about things I haven't paid much attention to before, there's so much insight! :) (And I also love these posts when they're about things I HAVE paid a lot of attention to, hee, for the squee AND the insight. :D :D)