Building Back Sorta Better

Washington this week. Oy.

After months of negotiation and family squabbles - “What will Joe Manchin say?,” “What will the progressives do?” and “Who followed Sinema into the bathroom?” - the Democrats have achieved a $1.85 trillion framework for the Build Back Better bill.

At first it was great. Then it was good. Then it ultimately landed at about half the size the majority of c…