Frank Capra's 1939 film about a political outsider going to Washington to "change" the status quo may have been filmed over 50 years ago, but its content remains relevant today.
Jimmy Stewart's character starts out in the film as a young, impressionable Washington outsider. He's soon targeted by the usual political suspects. His own ally in the Senate, a co-senator, attempts to bury him politically and sully his name.
The film has an ultimate "happy ending" in which Stewart's "Bailey" character is absolved. But how realistic is this scenario? How many senators have shown up on the steps of Congress, ready to affect change, only to have their own parties turn on them when they went against the status quo and refused to tow the party line?
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