Evan Bayh got his way, still cries, takes his ball and goes home.

Bayh's departure from the Senate is allegedly because things are too partisan now and there's no room for pragmatic centrists like himself. That's utter crap.

Take a look at the list of ways where the administration, and liberals/progressives, have compromised to cater to Bayh and his pals:

• Stimulus bill trimmed from $1.2 trillion to $800 billion
• Healthcare bill watered down - first from single payer to public option, then from public option to in-state-only exchanges
• No Employee Free Choice Act (Union card-check)
• No carbon tax, and (at best) a cap-and-trade package where permits are given away instead of sold to polluters
• We still have don't-ask-don't tell.
• No nationalization or breakup of big banks or AIG

The truth is, because of the 60 vote margin, the entire domestic agenda has been crafted to appeal to "centrists" in order to get their votes, much to the displeasure of the "hyperpartisan" left that actually did the work to get a Democrat elected president. And now Bayh is sad that he didn't get absolutely everything he ever dreamed of, so he's crying about it and quitting.