1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

You were wrong to cave. You gave up too soon. Read Rachel Maddow: According to King, it was time to surrender because the status quo "wasn't working." Was he right? No. The public has blamed the president and his party; Democrats received a dramatic boost from the electorate five days before the Sunday-night vote, which should've stiffened spines; Trump's approval rating is sinking; and GOP officials were increasingly divided against one another. The pieces, in other words, were in place for Democrats to stand firm in support of a popular cause. Eight of them folded anyway.