heart of the matter

At the heart of the matter are credit-card interchange fees, which merchants pony up when shoppers pay with plastic.

Her dissenting opinions cut through to the heart of the matter.

The larger issue at the beating heart of the matter is that this is a very cumbersome method of seeking accountability.

Issues around tickets, particularly the resale of tickets and touting for in-demand matches, are at the heart of the matter.

So while “Megadoc” does capture a moment reported on in the press when Coppola fires his VFX supervisor and the art department walks off the picture, it never quite gets to the heart of the matter.