Given the fact that Chafee very publicly "toyed" with the idea of going Democrat several times since 2000, I have a suspicion that he probably went to the Democrats to cut a deal, and they wouldn't give him the seniority perks he had with the GOP. He gambled that the Republicans would at least hold the Senate, and lost. I doubt that there were ten voters in Rhode Island who didn't know that "Linc" was a RINO critic of the President. Blaming George Bush for his defeat was the last despicable act of a despicable politician.
That is the best guess I have seen about Linc!
I'll bet you are right.
He bet on the GOP for the FIRST time in his life!!!
Glad he lost!