branko: that is a key thing to remember. fashioned herself as a renegade, a maverick in the style of john mccain. the reason he was nsidered maverick is becaushe was -- and i think that this is overstated -- but nonetheless he was seen as more sensible republican. a republican who for instance would n elect to throw millions of people off heah care or in favor of reining in campaign donations. other things that are traditionally more democrat. mccain was someone who rightly or wrongly had this image of defying his party to do things that were in the interest of most working people. sinema on the other hand is very much doing the oppite. she is seen as a maverickor writing fororporate interests. it is a topsy-turvy inversioof what mccain was doing. it only harkens back to her career in a very superfici way in the sense of spurning your party in a very visible and high-profile way. ultimately, it is a very performative thing from sinema that she is doing. amy: can you talk about her career? now you have her going from her dono