Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: The Damage Is Done:
"I cannot emphasize enough that the issue is not that Brown will vote against the Ryan budget. As Silver and the Washintong Examiner note, the problem for Republicans is the way in which it was done, in a very a public shot fired across the bow of fellow Republicans.
While I doubt that Brown's op-ed itself influenced the loss in NY-26, it fits a false narrative that we can muddle along with just a few tweaks to the current system, and that the changes proposed by Republicans put seniors more at risk."