Why bother spending the $200,000 on Chafee anyway? It's not like a conservative is actually going to beat him out in RI for the Repub nomination.
Oh. I get it. The money and ads are just goodwill gestures to insure he is "loyal". Hahahaha.
The stage was set when the Pubbies gave "Scottish Law" Specter the keys to Judiciary Committee.
A clear message could have been sent to all RINOs (Democrats, too) in Congress had Cornyn or another conservative Senator been named Chairman.
Looking back on it, a clear message was sent by the Republican leadership, and it was clearly the wrong message.