That isn't really accurate. Many of the GOP senators that voted against cloture are the bill's biggest cheerleaders. Both Georgia senators voted against it but they are pushing it hard.
The conservatives are far outnumbered. It's not the RINOs from the blue states that are the problem - we know what they are and considering how blue some of the states are they represent, they are the best we can hope for.
No, the problem is the GOP senate leadership from red states - Lott, McCain, Kyl, Chambliss (GA), Isaakson (GA), Graham, etc.
There is no excuse for conservative states such as Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi to have some twisted senators.
Well, I don't see it that way -- Liberal elites and old time Southerners often share different versions of "plantation mentality". Both groups support creating second class citizens - cheap and submissive employees. It must make them feel big or something. Think "slavery lite" - it's creepy...