haggling over the price: Churchil vs Deri

The famous story is told about Winston Churchill (though some sources claim it happened with various other people) at a dinner party:

At a dinner party Churchill says to his dinner companion, "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" 

 The woman responds, "My goodness, Mr. Churchill. I suppose I would." 

 Churchill replies, "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?" 

 She answers, "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?" 

 Churchill answers, "Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price."

According to the news reports this evening coming out of the Corona Cabinet meeting debating tightening the restrictions, including the possibility of shutting the shuls before Yom Kippur and closing the sukkos 4 minim markets, Minister Aryeh Deri has been fighting valiantly for the shuls. However, the caveat is, Deri said he is willing to sign off on closing the shuls, as long as the hafganot are not allowed to continue in the same format as they have been allowed to operate until now. They need to be shut down, temporarily, as well, and then Deri will allow the shuls to be closed. 

There is logic to this, obviously, but it reminded me of the Churchill story above. Deri is willing to shut the shuls, and even to sign the order himself to do so, as he said he would, now they are just haggling over the price.

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