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Was targeted. but you saw leaders huddling on the floor with some of their more moderate members. some of them were in the republican cloak room and walked down to together to cast their vote. cornyn and mcconnell both went up to take that vote. it was a tough vote for both of them, particularly mcconnell. he's facing a primary challenge back in kentucky. if ted cruz wanted to, democrats were willing to let this go forward. cruz insisted on a vote that would take 60 to get there, which meant some colleagues had to walk the plank. >> ted cruz cut off republican noses to suit their face -- i'm