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Hey, good morning, Playbookers. It's Friday, June 18th. I'm Rugu Monovalin. And this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

It's a quiet day in D.C. today with the federal holiday of Juneteenth. President Biden is back home acclimating after his trip through Europe.

Both chambers of Congress are out today, so we're taking a step back to look at one of the

central figures in the Senate today.

Senator McCain talked of what is possible when the Senate works the way that it was meant

to work. He stood for everything we stand for as Arizonans, fighting for what you believe in.

Standing up for what's right, even if you stand alone.

Kirsten Cinema's advisors heard it constantly from her during her 2018 campaign for Senate.

Quote, I want to be the next John McCain. This year when when she voted against raising the minimum wage, she even mimicked McCain's iconic

thumbs down that ended the GOP's effort to end Obamacare.

Now Senator Sinema's commanding the spotlight not only as one of the few potential swing

votes in a hyper-partisan Congress, but as a lead negotiator on an infrastructure

deal that could determine the success of President Joe Biden's first term. If she pulls it off,

she'll establish herself, like McCain, as a major legislative force. McCain is obviously a

singular figure in American politics. He spent decades cultivating his Maverick

image, but Cinema's current and former colleagues say the two do share some traits. One, she doesn't

like to be told what to do. Two, she's unafraid to bug her party. And three, she even at times

seems to relish it. Now, cinema doesn't really fit in with the Democrats.

She's been known to skip party lunches. She even missed out on Vice President Kamala Harris's

dinner with other female senators from earlier this week. Her staff told us that she had to miss

the dinner because she broke her foot. But in the meantime, she's been on a charm offensive with

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