Seems in hindsight he was referring to "No Name action" as his death, then SC vote to confirm would be fought for/shored up by an off the chain Lindsey.
In other words, No Names death created the atmosphere to get Kave across finish line.
She'll be slaughtered Nov 6th.
Kyl was actually his "Sherpa" before becoming the Senator. He was working for a local DC law firm and was tapped to walk Brett around to the different Senators offices and introduce him, answer questions for him, ect. Today he spoke about how he got to know Kav through that experience.