By fighting Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the next Speaker of the House, the right wing of the Republican Party won significant concessions that will make it a powerful player in Congress. The Left should learn to replicate its tactics for egalitarian ends.
I think the hope was always that ‘progressives’ get targets to challenge in primaries based on the machin/sinemas of the house. Keep in mind the elections are every 2 years for the house, as opposed to 6 for the senate.