Chafee easily would’ve traded his party label for a committee chairmanship from the ‘Rats. Thompson was merely being a good Republican in campaigning for our GOP Senators, even the apostates.
“Chafee easily would’ve traded his party label for a committee chairmanship from the ‘Rats.”
The fact is he had NOT done so in the past.
So speculating about what people “would’ve” done is a pure guess.
I hope the purists enjoy all the committee hearings, about the now-minority Republicans and their President.