G Larry...
I have been thinking this all day and you beat me to posting it. I guess I am not crazy no matter what my better half says :-)
But this make sense. No wonder why even McCain is supporting Fienstain, they all know there power gig is up and they are circling the wagons, it is about comity, process, K-Street's "Spice" and power The question begs, what happens in the House...
Are clarion call should be: "In 16' Give Ted 9 more to even the score".
Sarah was right, it will take a couple of cycles. We will purge these Statist either by the ballot box or their geriatric state getting them one day closer to leaving this earthly plane, and in some cases it will occur in office because they do not have the good sense to retire while they still had their health.
Ted needs 28 Senators to control the Republican side. Would McConnell be replaced by one of the 28?
This may explain why the RINOs teamed with Obama and Reid to take the power of the purse off the table next year.