Yeah, to make the most obvious parallel, I don't think it would have been cool for Picard to have taken steps to boost the House of Mogh's status within the Klingon Empire, in the name of diplomacy or otherwise.
And to be clear, I don't think any of this is a particularly big deal.
It didn't cross my mind, but that would certainly be a treat. I can't recall off the top of my head exactly how the timelines line up.