Never trust a guy who is interviewing people for a position and comes back and reports he is the best qualified.
LOL, I remember my wife telling me she heard that Bush had made his Veep pick. I asked who he picked and she said "Cheney". I chuckled at her naivety and said "no, honey, Cheney was the guy in charge of helping Bush pick someone. You must be confused". I guess the joke was on me.
The real joke was believing those RINOs were better than (or even different from) the 'rats they opposed.