Good post. Yours is one of the more level headed assessments I’ve seen about this.
Bottom line, this is about something far more important than one man’s selfishness.
If he’s a sure loser, what’s selfish about wanting to lose a Senate seat? He doesn’t gain anything out of that.
If he thinks he can win, then what’s selfish about wanting to win? If he wins, the GOP wins a Senate seat and everyone’s a winner.
So I’m not seeing selfishness as a potential motivation here at all. Confidence, yes. Misplaced confidence? Time will tell.