A lot of Democratic voters are looking for a fight, and a lot of Democratic politicians are looking to accommodate them. That means picking a fight on Democrats’ best issue, health care, at a time when Americans are crying out for action on the cost of living. In last spring’s debate over the appropriations bill, Democrats calculated that House Republicans — with their narrow majority — would be unable to pass a spending bill on a party-line vote. Democrats assumed this same dynamic would stymie House Republicans and create an opportunity for Senate Democrats to craft a bipartisan budget bill. When that was done, Senate Republicans lined up behind it and dared Democrats to filibuster, which would have induced a government shutdown.