The Progressive Suicidal Impulse  by Jonathan Chait | March 3,
2010  Neera Tanden points out that Obama's health care bill
tilts strongly toward moderates:  In short, as a moderate House
Democrat said to me in December after she voted against the
House bill, “I like where the Senate bill is going and I would
vote for that.” Of course, that was before Massachusetts. But
the Senate bill did not change. And neither should her
intentions. Now, most of these provisions that should appeal to
Blue Dogs are a source of agitation for liberals. But liberals
seem to have made the following calculation: In order to get a
bill that covers 30 million Americans, with insurance reforms
that protect consumers, they will swallow hard and accept
several provisions that anger them.  Meanwhile, members of the
Progressive Caucus are making angry noises:  "As I weigh it, I
think -- for me -- a 'no' vote is something that I continue to
lean toward," Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., the co-chairman of
the Congressional Progressive Caucus