Bob Role was the only former GOP presidential nominee to endorse Trump. Along with his WWII service, that makes him a hero in my book
Having lived a lot of my life in DC it is impossible to view any career denizen of that place as a hero. Bob Role, as you so correctly named him, may make have made a correct decision occasionally that was not controlled by political scheming and donorbucks collection but that makes him no hero as especially at the time he endorsed Trump he was an absolute and complete zero on the political spectrum. It is believed Dole was senile and a relative who supported Trump got him to sign an endorsement statement. That would certainly be par for Dole’s career of deal making, fakery , flagwaving, and venality.