[The Hound Passer]

This article claims incapacitation can't force stepping down:

True, but you still have to be on the floor of the Senate to vote.

[Diddle E. Squat]

True, but you still have to be on the floor of the Senate to vote.

50-49 Dem lead instead of a 51-49 Dem lead is still Dem control, unless Lieberman doesn't caucus. I doubt that he'd torpedo their control.

Not to mention that modern medicine is pretty amazing these days.