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…Murkowski and Collins were performing a carefully choreographed theater piece.

The Director called the shots and the cast performed as directed.

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The show was so effective there are people actually so transported by the theatrical contrivance that they feel they've become a part of the show.  

They are scribing the character's role to the actor.  They are transposing the act over the top of what is the stark opposite reality.
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Murkowski could have voted to not advance DeVos out of committee.  That would have demonstrate she intended to take a firm and principled stand, a conscious 'act' of conscience.

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That she did not only demonstrates that the performance she looked forward to was more important than any other consideration.  She can now say she has 'plausible deniability'.  She can now claim to have stood up for her constituents concerns.

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The curtain dropped, the play has had it's run. The stage is folded and the actors and the director are divvying up the gate.
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