I'm not sure that, had he won, I would have wanted our majority to depend on how much loyalty Linc Chafee felt to the GOP caucus, because I'm not really sure he felt that much. So to that extent, I agree.
"I'm not sure that, had he won, I would have wanted our majority to depend on how much loyalty Linc Chafee"
EXACTLY the point. Had he won we could NOT rely on ANY vote from him. Win OR lose he was useless to the GOP!