I don't disagree with your take. The timing was deliberate. But the larger issue is that these people were elected to vote in our interests and they chose (through self stated ineptitude or otherwise) to miss a vote important to their constituents and the Democrat party. They're not doing their job and it's glaring in the face of newly elected members who badly want to do their job and very activated voters. If you take two hour poops at work to avoid work, the one time you definitely shouldn't do that is when you've got a presentation to do. The lack of care they're showing under such a spotlight shows either corruption or brazen disrespect.