When things like this come up in my games, I like to say the following to my players:
Sure, it'll work that way. Now let me write down how we've ruled this to go so I can use it later. We still have that big boss fight coming up. Besides, I have a (insert proper class here) that could really benefit from this...
Tends to keep the cheeseball spamming to a minimum.
As for YOUR game, I agree with your DM. And so should you. The poor guy was elected for a reason, folow his rulings.
