I understand what statement of mine you replied to... It just seems that your intent was mocking me for saying he won the nomination... Am I mistaken that Keyes is currently the Republican Nominee for a Senate seat in Illinois? Am I mistaken in assuming that he obtained that position by some process of nomination by his party?
I don't believe Keyes won a nomination, so much as he had a nomination previously won by someone else handed to him. Thus it was unearned, and certainly not "won". :0)
He was appointed by a bunch of jerks.