Learn English – What’s a positive phrase for “stating the obvious”

word-choice

This is somewhat of a dual to Word for "stating the obvious?", but what would be a good word selection to say that someone's point is obvious in hindsight, but without any sort of negative connotation that the idea is trivial?

His idea to fund prevention versus treatment is [obvious in hindsight]

Best Answer

@pageman is on the right track, but here's how most people would phrase it:

In retrospect, his idea to fund prevention instead of treatment was a good one.