I would have been one of the 15 that was willing to call Mr. Stevens bluff.
If our numbers had not been limited to 15 but instead exceeded 51, then I would have gone and opened the door of the Senate chamber for him, saying: "Don't let the door hit you on the way out."
It is his type of high-spending ways which have undercut one of the longstanding pillars of GOP conservatives - reigning in the federal bloat.
He may think he has temporarily bought his next election in Alaska but he is more damaging to the GOP as a whole than any Dim.