Kyrsten Sinema, who holds the same position on the legislative filibuster that Barack Obama and Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, not to mention every single Senate Democrat, held only about a year and half ago, just reiterated her support for minority protections in the Senate, federalism, and national stability. And though Sinema is going to support all kinds of policies I detest, today, her principled effort to save the Senate from a demagogic president and his cynical collaborators while under massive political pressure — knowing full well she will never benefit from the media adulation Republican defectors enjoy — offers us a rare instance of political courage. She is a patriot.