Michael Goodwin: Manchin, Sinema are a dying breed. Progressives have won Democrats' civil war

The New York Times has become the enforcer of progressive orthodoxy and has been scorching Sens. Manchin and Sinema on its front page, demanding they stop resisting and get with the Biden-Sanders program.

If you get the impression there are only two senators holding back the great flood of government waste known variously as "Build Back Better and the "human-infrastructure" package, you’ve got the whole story — as told by the Washington press corps.