Cue up the Lucy and Charlie Brown memes. A small group of Democratic senators voted with Republicans Sunday night on a proposal to end the government shutdown, without winning anything that would protect Americans from a huge spike in health insurance costs — other than a promise to hold a vote on the subject, maybe. Did that handful of Democrats see a long-term win, now that voters see Republicans literally taking food off the tables of struggling families? Or will this all be long forgotten by the midterm elections in a year?

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