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Alyssa Rosenberg: Chuck Grassley just made the case for class war

Big controversies over the movies, like the discussions over the monochromatic nature of the Academy Awards, are proxy battles over who gets to be at the center of our national life.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, foreground, who also sits on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, heads to the Senate floor for votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are scrambling to change a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, foreground, who also sits on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, heads to the Senate floor for votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are scrambling to change a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)