Bigger issue is that he’s keeping alive the notion that there is something approximating opposition to the status quo in Washington.
There isn’t. There are a few token opponents in the senate. None of whom are consistent. And you can count all of them on one hand. In the House there are 10-20 backbenchers who are recognizably conservative.
That’s your opposition. see tagline.
That really is the point of Cruz’s speech. He’s not calling on the GOP to cast the right vote, he’s calling on us to replace them.