And, worse than that, Cruz used to impress me but has lost my respect with his campaign goings on. If he had conducted himself better in this campaign, and been an honorable loser in his Presidential bid rather than being a tag team with Rubio, he would have had a good chance for leadership roles in future elections in some capacity (never Prez., as he’s ineligible IMO) but Supreme Court, Atty Gen, etc. I have also seen some displeasure in Texas that after the effort to get out the vote and get him into the Senate, he was willing to chuck it and aspire to the Presidency so soon, so he may have also burned some bridges with his electorate in Texas, too.
I doubt Cruz destroyed himself the way Quail did with the ‘potato’ incident. [Really tragic that Quail had no sense of humor.]
If Trump wins, and if Cruz campaigns for him at some point, that will mend a lot of fences.