Of course he was played, He thought the Rats would deal openly with him on immigration when the whole time they were working to get him to agree with them while planning of amnesty with no enforcement. All he had to do was to look at how eager the Rats were to get it passed to know he was a sucker.
Rubio was not played, if he was he is an idiot and doesn’t deserve my vote, but he isn’t, he is a socialist just like Reid.
Now he is pushing abortion reform hoping we forget what he just did.
Rubio knew full well that this was a blatant push for amnesty, and he danced like a two bit carney hustler to sell that back-stabbing plan to conservatives on talk radio for months.
Even after it became clear as day that this bill had NO real enforcement provisions in it, he still allowed his name to be used by 'American Progress' or whatever the hell that outfit was called, who ran those disgusting ads on radio.
I'm sorry, but I don't give Rubio ANY benefit of doubt here. He knew all along what was in this crap sandwich, and tried to get us to eat it anyway. The man is a 'rat in Republican clothing.
The worst part of the whole charade was the constant lying about border security. "We grant amnesty FIRST, and then there are these triggers, see... If Homeland Security doesn't come up with a PLAN for border security in 5 years, why, then - - oh yes, THEN - - there will be a COMMISSION appointed, yessirree, Bob! We are not fooling around!"
I couldn't tell if the guy was freaking joking or he actually thought people would buy that crap.