Thread by @dhmontgomery

All the responses saying, “No, it’s because Romney and Sinema are terrible people” are really strengthening the case for #2 here.

https://twitter.com/dhmontgomery/status/1453758722652708866

And all the people saying it’s bad taste because they’re doing this instead of passing the BBB bill are just buying into that hoary old “Politician Can’t Multitask” trope.

You see it constantly from all sides. “Why are they wasting time passing Bill X when they really need to pass Bill Y?” Except Bill X is almost never actually impeding the passage of Bill Y, it’s completely extraneous to people actual concern about Bill Y.

The other thing this incredibly trivial contretemps is highlighting is differences over the question of compartmentalization — the degree to which you can separate out different aspects of a person, as opposed to treating them holistically.

Ultimately, two people who disagree on this broader point are probably going to end up talking past each other a lot!