Scott Jennings, a former high-level staffer to McConnell before becoming the mendacious know-it-all on CNN, went way out on a limb. From the same report:
After [Kasie] Hunt asked [Jennings] to call McConnell on air, Jennings laughed and said, “I wasn’t really expecting him to call this morning to be honest, so when the phone rang and I was able to continue reading …