Like the, "pathway to non-deportation"?
Like, "Few challenges are as urgent as global climate change"?
Like passing the Lautenburg Amendment in the "Gun Free Schools Act"?
Yes, they are "interesting" ideas in much the same way a train wreck is, "interesting."
No, those are not good ideas. And yet, he was the only one who had any good ideas. And more to the point, he was the only one who could persuade anyone out of the entire group. He was the only one with any talent, flawed as he was. And yes, he was flawed. But he was talented.
RS is not, and never will be.