Does reconciliation make compromise MORE likely?

Jonathan Cohn has an interesting piece up on The Treatment at TNR. Will budget reconciliation make compromise MORE likely, rather than less?

Now imagine Democrats have the option of using reconciliation. They need just fifty votes, which means they may not need your [industry’s] support after all. If you demand too much, they may just ignore you altogether–and craft a bill, perhaps with the help of more cooperative lobbyists, that is not in your self interest.

In this scenario, there are three options on the table. A bill you like, no bill at all, and a bill you really hate.

So what do you do? Chances are, you concentrate a lot harder on trying to get that bill you like.

Read the whole thing here.