The point is that Dole won IA and the Republican nomination.
NO REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CANDIDATE SINCE DOLE HAS WON IA WITHOUT SUPPORTING ETHANOL SUBSIDIES/MANDATES.
This is the reason why Cruz' stand is so courageous.
The point is that Dole sucked up to the ethanol lobby, but it didn’t get him into the White House.
I agree that Cruz is courageous; telling a well funded industrial lobby to go fsck itself is risky. Sucking up to it, however, does not guarantee ultimate success.