Fair enough - wasn't aware of any of that.
Why? Well, he would be better than Baucus, and was the only guy who could have beaten him, and he would have to answer to the people of Montana in 6 years -- he wouldn't have a lifetime appointment. Bedrock core principles are what matter in a job like that, or in an all-powerful job like the Presidency..
I trample all over chatter about Guiliani, Schwarzenegger, Pataki, etc... for President and Vice-President, too. But I would donate to any of them if they were campaigning to take a New York or California Senate seat -- they're the best we could get in those liberal hell-holes, and they deserve our help, our thanks, and our open arms. But only in jobs like those, or in harmless administration jobs...
There's a place for everyone in the GOP -- but conservatives need to decide where that place is...