It's an interesting tactic to blame the people that want to fix the bad thing, but can't for whatever reason, instead of blaming the people that are actually responsible for the bad thing, or are actively working against fixing the bad thing.

Not compromising one set of morals to save another doesn't imply a specific relative value between the two sets.

What's the point of this pontificating? Somehow we're to blame the Democrats because they didn't compromise enough on their morals? No, the conservatives knew they were in the wrong, and went ahead because they were unwilling to compromise on their morals. Yet somehow it is the other side that should be willing to do so, and when they don't, fault them. Absurd.