Ben's a clever son of a bitch. I loved their convo too and I love the idea that he wants Erik on the committee partly to keep him from wandering off to do crazy vigilante shit. Because he so would. And he's been quietly gathering other powered allies just in case he needs a small, personal army. So keeping him on the official side of things is smart. Ben, you sized him up so well in that conversation.

Also Obi-Wan would be well suited to that task!