Thirteen years after leaving the Senate, (and 11 years after his death), Daniel Patrick Moynihan won his most recent election last week in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, and he may win many more in the fall.

Great measures don’t pass by narrow majorities, he told Hillary Clinton when she tried to sell health care, they pass by wide margins, or fail. He meant that big bills need public opinion behind them, or they are in danger.