Absolutely the politicians can buy. TBH, that was/is one of the foundation premises of my investment thesis: Eventually the Powers will realize what a killing they can make and will buy-in strong before releasing.
Explaining it to my dad the other day I said, "So basically I've made an investment the results of which are in no small part dependent on politicians' greed. Can you imagine anything safer?"
After a couple beats he admitted, "No. No I can't."