[SoConPubbie]

And it’s not like it wasn’t already plain, after he made his opposition perfectly clear, that his vote would not be at all decisive.

Exactly!

Cruz is smart enough to realize that at this point, his vote would be only symbolic, basically a waste of his precious time.

[American Constitutionalist]

Trumped up absent vote / travel gate nonsense that they are trying to pin on Ted..