That's why I put sarcasm quotes around the word "conservatives".
Why did a lot of RINOs vote no today
Because they were allowed to. Those are called safe votes. I like to call it kabuki theater. It's a meaningless charade designed to fool people who pay scant or no attention to such things.
You don't realize what you are doing. You are saying it's okay to wimp out. You should be pressuring candidates to the right, instead of giving the message that they don't have to fight.
Yes, I do realize what I'm doing. I am happy that Ted showed up for the Superbowl vote which was the cloture vote. I'm happy with the speech he gave about it, and I'm happy that he voted against it.
I understand that the vote that followed was the Pro Bowl vote, and it doesn't matter at all if he participated in the Pro Bowl or not, because the Pro Bowl doesn't matter at all. It's just a show.
If you want to cannibalize the man for missing a show vote, then you go ahead and gnaw away. I'm not going to.
No one can explain what he was doing that was more important.
Was he elected to only show up for votes he wins? He is supposed to be a Senator.