“No it wasn’t a trap.”
Once there were enough vots on our side to assure that the 60% required for closure would not be met, Dems and Republicans cast “No” votes to save their sorry @$$es. Had their votes been needed at that point to get the 60% for closure, their votes, in some of these cases, would have been “Yea”.
Excellent observation. Practical upshot is that when we vote next year we'll have to track each incumbent's votes through the entire Scamnesty I and Scamnesty II proceedings, including their position in the order of the roll call, to weed out the senators who cast CYA "No" votes.