The moment when Martha Coakley compared Curt Schilling, the hero of the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series win, to a Yankees fan was the moment she lost the election. It couldn't have been any plainer had she spat out, Mr. Burns style, a piece of Blinky, the three eyed fish.
Hopefully, that one moment in time hasn't doomed efforts to reform healthcare, but it may have.