“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.
He had only been in the Senate since 1999, and there was only one opportunity he had to do it, and Judas Jeffords beat him to the punch. Had he been reelected in November, I will bet the farm he would've switched.
"So speculating about what people “would’ve” done is a pure guess."
Yes, so true. Kinda like having the nerve to assume a Muslim is prone to violence.
"I hope the purists enjoy all the committee hearings, about the now-minority Republicans and their President."
Yeah, speculating that a man whose voting record was virtually IDENTICAL to Hillary Clinton's (only a couple points away from being in the single digits (ACU rating)), one whom publicly declared he did NOT vote for the President, that routinely failed to put the kibosh on switch rumors, was going to firmly remain loyal to the party and keep McConnell as Majority Leader. I've never been represented by Democrats as leftist as Chafee. His would've been the most effortless switch as Ralph Hall's was to the GOP. C'mon, fella, I don't believe you're that naive to think someone who disagreed with his party 90% of the time was going to stay put. He was never with us even when he was with us.