Despite coverage on all three networks of Congress overriding President Obama’s veto of legislation to allow 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, only Thursday’s CBS This Morning mentioned the fact that Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate Tim Kaine didn’t bother to show up for the vote. NBC and ABC both avoided the Virginia Senator’s absence.

After a full report aired on This Morning detailing how Congress delivered a “sweeping rebuke” to the President, co-host Charlie Rose offered a scant 16 seconds to Kaine not voting: “Two senators, Tim Kaine and Bernie Sanders, did not vote on the override. They were both campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani blasted Clinton’s running mate, saying, quote, ‘Tim Kaine...was obviously afraid to show up to work today and stand with these Americans.’”

Kaine was indeed campaigning for Clinton at the time, but he was hardly across the country. As Larry O’Connor reported on Hot Air, the Democratic vice presidential nominee was at an event only 10 miles from Capitol Hill, in Alexandria, Virginia.

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While the legislation in question easily passed by a 97-1 margin, it was a closely-watched vote and the first time in Obama’s presidency that his veto was overridden. Kaine missing such an important moment in the Senate should have been news on every network.

Senate attendance was certainly a major concern of NBC and ABC last October, when both hyped a hit piece against Republican Florida Senator and then-presidential candidate Marco Rubio for missing votes while on the campaign trail.

Here is a full transcript of the September 29 report on CBS This Morning: