If they were actually conservative, your argument might have merit, but they aren't.
Wake up and smell the coffee. A majority of liberal republicans that have OPENLY DECLARED WAR on conservatism aren't going to suddenly govern like conservatives. They will govern like what they are... liberals.
If you vote for a liberal republican, you ARE a liberal.
/johnny
So you just discount Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Ben Sasse, any conservative who fought their heart out to get into the belly of the beast and defeat it, they’re what, collateral damage? Because if they don’t have the majority, they can’t do squat.
So McConnell will have won a two man race by LESS points than Sasse did in a three man race.
I wonder if the media will also call that a “modest win.”