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Term like that. he had predicted this would be the outcome. so he was not going to pick a fight with ted cruz today. mccain and the leadership are getting the outcome, as bruised as they all are getting to this point, this is the outcome they want, to get it voted on today from the senate side, to not have someone like ted cruz interfere with what house republicans might do. these are steps that people had predicted. so far, they're falling into place, alex. >> nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell, thanks as always for your time. i want to bring in nbc news other capitol hill corresp...