That was a good column by Dermot Cole.  Both the Senate bill as written and Cruz’s proposal are terrible for Alaska.  My hunch is that Sullivan will be bought off with some meaningless sop. Murkowski may be allowed to vote no as a symbolic gesture if McConnell has 50 votes. However, the Republican health care plans are so absolutely disastrous for Alaska that Murkowski may not be hurt that much here in the state if she is acts on principle and is one of the three Republicans to vote against it.