As you are the last person apparently to get the memo...even schumer said he put forth a poison pill... And sessions said that Cruz was firmly in his camp. So are you ignorant, being purposefully obtuse or are you an ideologue, there aren’t other options?
No I’m not ignorant, and Sessions comments don’t tell us what Cruz’s motive was for supporting the amendment. I would suggest his own words give a better indication of that. Cruz and Sessions supporting the same amendment doesn’t mean they had the same agenda.
Cruz may have supported it because, as his comments indicate, he supported the final bill as long as his amendment was included. Sessions may have supported it for the same reason, or a different reason. This simplistic poison pill response Cruz is encouraging as a response to questions regarding his amendment don’t tell us what his agenda was nor do they tell us the agenda of the other players.
To add a ‘poison pill’ to a bill that you’re not willing to vote for even if the poison pill amendment is included is risky and is not likely. The more than likely motive comes from Cruz’s own mouth, namely, to try to change a bill he was against to one he could support and in the likely event his amendment wasn’t included, point out the unwillingness of the Democrats to compromise on two issues that most voters disagree with them on - securing the border and citizenship (as opposed to legalization).