Just spitballing here - maybe that was the plan, and he needed the year on the inside to make sure which GOPe players needed to be taken out? Most any FReeper could have given him a real good list to start with.
Trump was warned before he got inaugurated that McConnell would be his biggest problem. I am glad Steve is gonna give the turtle a run for his money.
Even the House is complaining that they have 200 bills they have sent over to the Senate that are not being acted on. Only one person is stopping it all.