Not every move on a chessboard is checkmate, it is all the little moves beforehand that makes checkmate possible.
That's correct and thank you for your posts
You make an interesting point. I was watching C-SPAN2 over the weekend and the son of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg was hawking his new book to a tiny group of aged & addled Birkenstock customers. (He is obviously a product of his parents since he heads a "progressive" non-profit org. that funnels contributions to the victimized children of leftist activists. In other words...he's a commie too.)
He ended his talk by making the point that must be the unofficial motto of the Communist party operating in America and that is...take what you can get. Don't be discouraged by people's lack of purity on your issues. Know that you will be disappointed. Expect it. Don't expect purity. Take a crumb if that's all you can get. Learn from your mistakes. Withdraw. And come back stronger another day.
Interestingly, Hillary made the exact same point when she trashed the Bush judicial nominees last week.
This philosophy makes the Left almost unbeatable because our side is sometimes newly converted and fragile, and so gung-ho and motivated that they can be devastated by a single set-back.
That you understand the politics of taking what's possible, is a huge credit ot you. I just hope more people on our side can hang in long enough to evolve like you did. It's really our only hope.