Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
  • Despite leaving the Democratic Party, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she'll never become a Republican.
  • But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he would've welcomed her into the conference.
  • McConnell added that the "decision was made" when she decided to keep caucusing with Democrats.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is in a unique position in American politics: welcome in either political party, at least in the staid, collegial environment of the United States Senate.