Well you are assuming issues really matter. Silly me, I thought it was all about getting votes and power, not actually standing up for one's principles.
Not following you. The post was in response to a comment about republicans controling the senate. If your can't get cooperation from one of your own senators (regardless of his reasons for voting the way he does or making the alliances he does) isn't control. That's what my counterpoint was intended to convey.