On the other hand, if the so-called leader had been lying to you and the rest of the Senate, you cannot sit idly by and ignore the fact.
I think part of it is that Ted was outsmarted. Would you have believed Mitch McConnell would play fair? Not me. Those guys are snakes and sharks, this can’t be news to Ted so why expose to us all that he was outmaneuvered like a schoolboy.
So either Ted was actually outsmarted and was angry or he was playing for the folks back home. In either case I agree with Dynoman. I surely enjoyed the moment but it was basically a temper tantrum. Cruz has not accomplished much in Congress and as President he would need to work with Congress to accomplish anything. I’m not sure that his forte is in getting people to work together to make things happen.