Among other things, he probably expects he already has his Kennedy family “Profile in Courage” award all lined up.
A bit of Romney family lore they’d like to write over is that Mitt’s first opportunity in politics, with his handlers building name recognition through the loss, was taking on Ted for Senate. His wife let out a telling bit that it was a surprise, since they hadn’t really been party loyal/aligned, that he ended up running as a Republican, because that’s where the opportunity was. And indeed he became the last of a string of GOP governors that the ultra-liberal Massachusetts voted in to save themselves from themselves. But Romney of course never had an interest in the GOP or MA politics as other than a stepping stone to the national stage.
He is as despicable as they come, as he wraps his corruption with sanctimony and moral preening.