What matters isn't so much their own personal views, as the views of their constituents.
Their constituents elected them on the positions they took. Therefore those are the views of the constituents.
Definitely comedy goldmine material here...
Technically, both Al and conan could be right. Electorates may not be as well-defined as some prognosticators would label them.
I'm not really commenting on whether the statement is correct or not from a general standpoint; I am only interested in pointing out the obvious non-sequitur.