comment: >
  
  Susan Collins has entered the chat
context: Both McCarthy and the Democrats are down one vote each right now. McEachen's special election is Feb 21.  Not sure how long Stuebe will be out with his injuries  So it is getting trickier and trickier for McCarthy given that Republicans voted to require physical presence to vote in the Chamber. >
  
  Ah, classic "we will let the folks who need to pretend to be moderate cross the aisle as long as it doesn't actually change anything" tactic.