I thought Daines said he would be there for the vote.
He did. Even if Murkowski votes no, there will be a re-vote as soon as Daines returns from his daughter’s funeral.
He would if they needed him - they would leave it open and fly him in. Since Murkowski knows this, she decided to pretend to be courteous/gracious by making it unnecessary...she’s acting like a endangered dem in a Red State because she also knows that a lot of Alaskans might be wondering what they did by writing her in back when....credit Collins’ speech for helping ....