It's not brave to vote against something your constituents hate. It's easy to do that, because then you can say "I'm listening to you."

It's brave to say "yeah, I know you don't like this. I don't like it too, but it's not my job to be liked."

If the center falls out, then long term stability isn't an issue. This is at best a firebreak and a start, but it's still a firebreak and a start. Without it, or something really like it, we go from zero to fucked really, really quickly.