Positioning

The factions that comprise the American Left have positioned themselves as carriers of a principle and guardians of a kind of equality, and so won the support of well-meaning people believing in those ideas. They cannot sustain that support without sustaining that position — and this bill, with its myriad deals for this group and that constituency and the other bloc, and its abandonment of so many principles, tells the tale of what the Democrats are really about.

I think my friends supporting the Democrats will, in time, regret their support for these people, and wish they had found a better vehicle to advance your hopes.