Kent Conrad actually said...

Sense of the Senate really became absurd... it is purely messaging, and it is a giant waste of time.

I think we need as a body to think very, very carefully about do we want reconciliation to be used in that way.

If I were in the minority at this moment, I would want to think very, very carefully: Do I want an unfettered reconciliation process?

There is no single element of Senate rules that goes more against minority rights than reconciliation that I know of.