Perfect Onion headline, because nothing says leadership like yanking your team back from the exact right amount of courage. Love the mental image of Senate management as crowd control, but bitterly tired of bravery measured in focus-grouped increments.

If the plan is to keep being sensible adults forever, fine, own it. Just stop pretending this is strategy and not fear with better PR. Give me real fights and hard choices, or at least admit you’re auditioning for Practicality Award of the Year.