This was Washington after all, where political gestures can be less than sincere.

And yet our prize was not a sympathy vote or a political gesture.

This was probably done as a political gesture of support for James.

But in a transparently political gesture, he would stay for hours, until the last question was asked.

But it is an almost entirely political - or even symbolic - gesture.

It would have been a powerful political gesture, but he did not offer now.

For Israel, giving up the billion would be more than a political gesture and excellent public relations.

I believe that would have been a political gesture worthy of consideration.

Sometimes the Commission wishes to make a political gesture by giving resources to international organizations.

Passage would have been no more than a political gesture anyway.