You hit the nail on the head! I have been saying this exact same thing. Schumer played it well — got the young, “up-and-coming,” fresh-faced Republican “Golden Boy” to be the face of the very thing that Schumer knew would put the stake right through his political heart. Rubio was a piker and was so eager to make a name for himself, he let himself get seduced by Schumer.
I disagree.
The first thing Rubio did after winning his Senate seat in 2010 was to hire a pro-Amnesty chief of staff - months before Schumer had any influence at all on Rubio.
And why did anti-Amnesty Republican Senators like Jeff Sessions have no influence on Rubio at all?
Rubio was always for Amnesty and always for massive LEGAL immigration.
Bottom Line - he lied to get elected. And it worked. But just once.