re: #411 Big Beautiful Door

49+47 doesn’t equal 99; what are the other 3 senators doing in your hypothetical?

Not there, not voting or…not seated. It gives McConnell one more vote he can afford to lose.

Two things to remember:

1)Merick Garland
2) McCain unexpectedly sinking the Obamacare reform bill.

McConnell will break all the metaphorical china in the legislative giftshop to keep another McCain incident from happening. Keeping one more Dem out gives them that much more room.