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I said a certain amount of political courage, not courageous, I would liken her association with Warren to entering a cross walk on an empty street against the wait light. Mcconnell  holds the short leash that controls what she can say and do and I think he would much rather her replaced by an unquestioning tow the party line toady like Sullivan. An association with Warren will come back to haunt her re election hopes just like her attempts to work with Begich did. Her gutting him in the last election cycle was dispicable, and your assessment of her voting record is point on. We have reached a time when political courage is in short supply  and yet what is most needed. The position taken by the late Wally Hickel as a Nixon appointee is in reality what the majority of her voters expect of her.