The way it is

I've been calling them the "so-called Progressives." Ygelesias rebrands them as the "rejectionist left." In either case, Yglesias is right on point with this comment:

There’s always time, if a bill passes, to try to fight to change it for the better. You just don’t vote “no” on a major expansion of the social safety net simply because you feel you’ve been slapped in the face. In many ways, public option supporters have been slapped in the face while annoying moderates have been mollycoddled. And yet, the result of the process is a good bill that will make Americans better off. When faced with a bill like that, you vote for it.