For all his bloviating about "big spending," the guy had all the conviction of a wet noodle when that moment in time arrived for him to actually do something about it.
I’m not defending that but he has his reasons
I think its completely different
He is a strong, principled conservative and not really a loser as you say
He went against a sitting president on the COVID hysteria and survived it thank goodness
he could have blocked the debt ceiling extension bill in the House Rules Committee.
And you know very well he’d have been kicked off said committee in an instant
The leadership run that
He would become a backbench pariah.