Today the AFL-CIO removed the large banner supporting EFCA which had covered the corner of the building facing the White House for the past year or so. Let's just take in the moment:

A second banner just around the corner was taken down as well.  But now the bad news. BNA reports today that the AFL-CIO is "not backing away" from EFCA. So removing the issue from public view might not indicate surrender, but merely that a decision has been made by the AFL-CIO to bypass a public debate on card check in Congress to try and slip it through the back door.

For today though, let's stay positive: