Lieberman caucuses with the Republicans.
Per my intuition, it was more of a possibility for Joe to caucus with the GOP before folks like Castle, Simmons, and Campbell were eliminated.
I really don't get the "moderate hero" fascination with Simmons or Campbell. Neither McMahon nor Fiorina seem like fire-breathing conservatives to me (especially McMahon). They just had the benefit of being able to self-fund without the burden of having previously held public office in an anti-incumbent cycle.
Nothing moderate hero about it -- the simple fact of it is that Simmons and Campbell would have made excellent Senators, and their opponents just weren't as good for reasons unrelated to ideology.