The Democrats may pay dearly and the country, then, as a result.
Doing the right thing is doing the right thing, even at political cost.
This runs counter to GOP philosophy or trying to keep jobs. (I'm talking to you, Susan Collins and Joe Manchin!)
I will be unhappy of the Dems pay for this approach by losing seats, but not as unhappy as if they had not tried to stem the problem and to save 10s or hundreds of thousands of lives.