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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _is_node_an_element(self, node):
 """ Return True if the given node is an ElementTree Element, a fact that can be tricky to determine if the cElementTree implementation is used. """

        # Try the simplest approach first, works for plain old ElementTree
        if isinstance(node, BaseET.Element):
            return True
        # For cElementTree we need to be more cunning (or find a better way)
        if hasattr(node, 'makeelement') and isinstance(node.tag, basestring):
            return True