POLITICO — Sen. Lamar Alexander has a plan to overhaul the education system if he becomes chairman of the Senate’s education committee next year, starting with rewriting the divisive No Child Left Behind act and moving to create more school vouchers and deregulate higher education soon after.

But the Tennessee Republican’s plans could go nowhere.

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Alexander is bound to hit roadblocks even if Republicans take the Senate in November and he takes the helm of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, regardless of his skills as a lawmaker or eagerness to foster cooperation in the Senate.