It didn’t look like much of a fight to me. McConnell is at fault, I think. He gave away the store by refusing to use the 51 vote majority.
When it’s important to McTurtle he goes with the 51 majority, like when confirming a SCOTUS judge for example. When he doesn’t want passage, like the wall, budget cuts etc. then it’s back to 60 vote cloture. He is royal POS. Which reflects badly on the state of KY.