In a recent item on Healther Wilson's votes, I speculated that - with an eye on Patricia Madrid's challenge - Wilson was putting some distance between herself and the GOP leadership
Michael Coleman of the Albuquerque Journal's Washington Bureau also noticed Wilson's vote alongside Tom Udall to derail a GOP deficit measure aimed at saving dollars by cutting Medicaid (for the poor) and Medicare (the middle-class elderly). He cites it in a political roundup column today.
Coleman doesn't speculate on her motivation, just notes she sided with Udall and that Steve Pearce, the downstate Republican, stayed with the party.
That's something. Good for Coleman.