Newt was silenced by Clinton when Bubba told him “you are just like me” with regards to sleeping around. From that point on he was Newtered. Eventually he quit his job as Speaker and his House seat.
So if you think he always fights back and can’t be bowed just wait. Happened before and will again
Yes, you are right. It happened to Robert the Bruce.
Robert Bruce is surely the greatest of all the great Scottish heroes, yet the Hollywood movie Braveheart gave all the heroics to his compatriot William Wallace, making Bruce out to be nothing more than a self-serving opportunist. However, it was the patience and cunning of Bruce that Scotland needed, not the impetuousness of Wallace, especially facing such formidable enemies as the English