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In ancient times, Christians were killed in particularly nasty ways because they refused to offer a pinch of incense to Caesar.

... republicans come to understand this.

"Republicans" are not monolithic. We have, for example, the likes of Karl Rove, Thad Cochran, and Mitch McConnell who have essentially declared war on conservatives. We have the likes of John Boehner, whose principles (if any) are well hidden. We have the likes of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who actually are conservative and constitutionalist.

And, we have many, many in the rank-and-file who are personally very conservative, very dedicated to the Constitution ... and who think that because the Republican Party platform more or less agrees with them, that the Republican Party leadership agrees with them as well. This is simply not the case.