FFS, SASless, when a politician utters something like that, don't you first add a grain of salt before you make an assessment of what he said? (And two grains for "pull it out of my backside Joe" Biden, our erstwhile VP).
Yes, things do change over time. Go figure. Sometimes, change for the better and sometimes, not so much.
Other times, change is for the sake of change. *shrugs*