The healthcare battle is the first time we've tried to deploy the inside-outside Progressive Block strategy. It will certainly not be the last opportunity we have. So in addition to thinking about the impact of our actions on the battle we're currently engaged in, it's worth thinking about their impact on future battles.
The choices we make in the coming weeks will determine whether we come out of this stronger or weaker than we were when we came into it.
So here's my basic question: what do we need to do in the endgame of the healthcare battle to ensure that progressives - including the CPC in the House, the progressive Senators, and all of us progressives outside of Congress - are stronger for the next battle because of the way this one played out?