Real question that will help me engage with folks on here who I do think are coming from a good place: Why is a vote on the House floor for M4A considered so obviously better than other demands? What’s so useful about the floor? We already know who backs it and who doesn’t...

Ok I think I get it: people think the cosponsor list is fake but a vote would be real.

Sorry to say but that’s wrong: A vote on a bill that won’t pass the Senate is just as symbolic as the act of cosponsoring. They’re both posturing. So if you have leverage, get something real.

Biden could give everyone who had Covid Medicare by executive action. That could end up being 30 million people or more. They could try to extract a commitment from Pelosi to demand that in exchange for govt funding bills. Whatever. Real things are possible.

Also we’ve seen this tried: The GOP put Obamacare repeal on the floor 50 times and passed it when they knew Obama would veto it. Then when they got power they couldn’t repeal it; the floor vote had been theater for their gullible base.

To demand similar treatment is confused.

The funny thing is that a handful of Democrats could band together and actually block Pelosi from becoming Speaker. You’d think the tough demand from the left would be to do that, not to capitulate for a theatrical vote on the floor.