political football

On December 29, 2007, the Patriots-Giants game became a political football.

There are some who regard nuclear power as a political football that further traumatizes Fukushima victims.

What people trying to rebuild their lives get is assurance they will not be turned into a political football.

The rate at which Romney pays taxes has been a matter of some dispute—and a political football.

Yet, for too long, Democrats have used Medicare as a political football.