LA Times writer Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar seems to have found himself in an awkward position when assigned by his editors to do a story on how SiCKO means big trouble for the Democratic presidential candidates but then couldn't find any evidence of this. There seem to be precisely zero liberals in the United States who are furious at the major candidates for attempting to develop politically pragmatic proposals even though many of us feel that more dramatic change would -- if possible -- be preferable.

Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.