One Moment of Redemption

It was hard not to see this as a moment of redemption in an otherwise sordid situation in Washington.  Gabriel Giffords returned to the House floor for the first time since she was shot in an attempted political assassination, in order to vote for the avoid apocalypse for now deal.  It was a complete surprise, especially since the latest reporting on her condition held out not much promise that she would be up to this for a long time, if ever.  But there she was, a surprise to everyone except for a few congressional friends such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Nancy Pelosi.  One of those unpredictable moments of emotion that redeems in an inexplicable way.