Ever since the bill formerly known as Build Back Better first sprang into existence about a year ago, a number of D.C. journalists, including at such august institutions as The New York Times, coined the term “Manchinema” (and, alternatively, “Sinemanchin”) to describe the disruptive Democratic duo of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema in an almost Bennifer-esque sort of way, as they aligned in their shared desire to nuke Biden’s signature legislation. During that time, they were portrayed as members of a rom-comesque buddy comedy that paired a 74-year-old, boat-dwelling, Sunday-show-mugging coal millionaire with a 46-year-old political chameleon, bisexual oenophile from the Sun Belt who wore purple wigs and thigh-high boots and was obsessed with solidcore and Ironman competitions.