[Blood of Tyrants]

So that he could bring it back up in the future.

[Cboldt]

Voting "no" on a cloture motion, so as to be able to bring it up again as "reconsideration," is a joke.

A failed cloture motion doesn't dispose of the underlying bill, it keeps debate alive. A passed cloture motion limits debate. There are instances where a SINGLE issue was given as many as 7 separate cloture votes!

The Senate is an utterly dysfunctional deliberative body.

[CygnusXI]

If so he should (proudly) make that known... otherwise..