I don;t think Sessions had a choice.
Although they both started in the Senate on the same day, the drawing of lots gave Enzi “seniority”, with lots being drawn for future cases just like this.
McConnell was determined to not give Sessions the chair, so Enzi was recruited.
Similar to how Rahm Emmanuel suddenly “remembered he always wanted to be the mayor of Chicago”, Enzi suddenly realized he wanted to be the head of the Budget Committee.
McConnell was going to use the arcane rule of the drawing of lots to establish Enzi’s faux claim to the chairmanship, which would be an embarrassment to Sessions.
Sessions is a patriot. Enzi is a lapdog for Mitch.
Sessions deserves better.
But the GOP-E has him, Cruz,and Lee in the crosshairs because they won’t buckle under to the new world order.
And that is exactly what this is all about.
America must be tamed.
When I watched McConnell say on TV a few weeks ago, the chairmanship was between Enzi and Sessions, he had nothing to do with it, I wanted to slap the glasses off of his turtle face.
I have no trouble visualizing him as a sadistic prison warden.