Now, to get to the origins of this empathetic love note from Chris Finlayson, we need to take ourselves back to last Tuesday evening. Just on 10 p.m., as Andrew Bayly was pulling his slippers on and putting on his Versace night-robe, brewing his extra-strong Milo and getting ready to put his trusted teddy to bed, word came through about an emergency caucus meeting. "Good," Mr Bayly thought. "Finally, Judith is going to get me an oral question." But, alas, it was, in fact, not that. It was the "Night of the Short Plastic Knives". Someone had been mean about Harete Hipango, and it was time to find out who was behind it all. Now, given that there were approximately 33 likely and, frankly, quite justified suspects, this was going to be a toughie, but thankfully for the Leader of the Opposition, snitch-in-chief Barbara Kuriger was able to inform on Todd Muller, and he was gone. As Claire Trevett described the meeting, "There were allegations, betrayals, acts of revenge and cowards covering their … butts." Such is the loyalty and sense of unity in the National caucus that Chris Bishop, Todd Muller's numbers man and well-known shiver looking for a spine to run down, was there to kick his mate on the way out the door. 