Durbin’s morbid suggestion simply has to do with a delay of the vote...
Well .. I wish that were true .. but actually Durbin is just showing his real colors. The dems live by “projection”, which is projecting upon your enemies the very acts you do yourself.
In other words, Durbin would actually pray for a repub to DIE .. so he assumes the repubs would do the same.
This is the standard MO for the dems and it always has been.