It was a nice story in two parts. In the morning, Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar denounced all the tech lobbyists. In the afternoon, Klobuchar’s tech staffer cashed out to become an Apple lobbyist.

But the story of this cash-out goes back a lot further, and it reveals that lawmakers don’t hate lobbyists — they love them. A decade ago, lawmakers and their friends in the Beltway media came after Apple. The crime: not lobbying enough.