That was then, now I know that it was a setup, Mitch McConnell and Cruz devised. McConnell is supporting Cruz's campaign.
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The entire Cruz -vs- McConnell dust-up was a staged event for public consumption in order to hoodwink conservatives. When you take a good look at everything newly known about Cruz, there’s a darn good reason to believe “constitutional Cruz” was a fabricated construct.
Worked for George W. Bush.
Was John Boehner’s attorney.
Married a Bush alum.
Wife connected to Council of Foreign Relations and Goldman Sachs.
Was Vice-Chair of NRSC when Thad Cochran re-elected
Ran for Senate with sketchy financials.
Refuses to release his campaign loan information to FEC.
Hired Neil Bush.
Hired entire Bush financial team.
Played strategic hide/cover with TPA/TPP.
Supported the unconstitutional Corker/Cardin amendment
Hired Phil Gramm as an advisor.
and holds a political PAC of campaign donors that looks like this: 
There’s a very reasonable case to be made that Ted Cruz’s opposition to ObamaCare was total phony bologna. So too was the government shutdown etc. There’s a heck of a lot more evidence that Senator Ted Cruz was acting a part to build up a false appearance of being an “outsider”. The reality is, it looks like the junior Senator Ted Cruz has hoodwinked everyone. He was always an “insider“.