From WSJopinion: Instead of wondering why a party member won’t fall in line, partisans should ask themselves: “If he’s willing to take this much heat, does he see something we don’t?” writes JohnKasich
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Setting aside the pros or cons of his positions, the vitriol unleashed against him by his fellow Democrats is condemnable. Heaven forbid someone in American politics actually does what he thinks is right. What rankled me then, and frustrates me as I watch what’s happening to Mr. Manchin, is that critics always ask the wrong question. Instead of asking, “Why won’t those troublemakers just do as they’re told?” it’d be better to think of it this way: “If they’re willing to take this much heat, do they see something I don’t?”
All too often we only celebrate courage in the rearview mirror. Change agents like Martin Luther King Jr., Natan Sharansky and Dietrich Bonhoeffer —opposed by “the system” of their times—could attest to that. Developing the collective wisdom to close the gap between when courageous acts occur and when they’re appreciated could save us all a lot of pain.
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