Indicates perhaps that the "GOP-e" isn't that useful a concept.
Yesterday's rebel or insurgent or true conservative is tomorrow's elitist or establishmentarian.
I don't think we conservatives really understood what Rand Paul was about at first. Now that he's been in office a while, it's apparent that he's a center-right Republican with libertarian leanings. Not a true conservative by any stretch.
The true rebels and insurgents stay that way, and never make peace with the enemies of the republic.