I just called his D.C. office and the staffer told me that he is going to abstain....Still kind of ticks me off but at least he's not voting for cloture.
there may be others who don't want to go all the way to "no". Now that there's someone in the "abstain" camp, a few weak "yes" votes might shift to "abstain". They can tell everyone they aren't supporting the filibuster -- and they aren't -- but they also aren't supporting cloture.
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