The movie "Braveheart" is the story of how the Scottish people united and freed themselves from the yoke of English rule. It is a perfect metaphor for our times. While the Scottish nobles squabbled amongst themselves and made their private deals with tyrannical English rulers to gain personal power, titles, and lands, they betrayed their own people. So it is with our so-called representatives in congress, who make deals to gain power, money, and keep themselves in office, remembering their constituents only at election time. The Scottish overthrow of the English also shows what the people can achieve against tyranny, when they are united in their efforts to overthrow injustice and oppression. The story also demonstrates how compromise and deal-making are methods of the cowardly and weak...while bravery and steadfastness are the ways of a true leader. William Wallace was both a hero and a leader, true to himself and his compatriots.