Or a thug for J.H. Blair
Instead of "a group of moderate Democrats [who] agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies . . . as Democrats have demanded for almost six weeks," I wish the papers would just print "strikebreakers."

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Yes. It's part of the reason I can't imagine they really are acting in good faith, whatever they tell themselves or their constituents. We are well beyond pulling the football.