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I’d have been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if he gave a little more convincing defense of himself. I’d have voted for him anyway over Jones or any of the communists, but it’s counterproductive to lie to ourselves about why he lost.

I agree, and the assertion that he lost because he was a "flawed candidate" is one such example of lying to ourselves. He may have been a "flawed candidate", but he had won statewide election in 2013, and would have done so again easily in the absence of these unprovable accusations.

He lost primarily because of these accusations, and to a large degree because his own Party behaved exactly as if these allegations were true. Richard Shelby more or less wrecked his chances. The exact margin of the "write in" vote would have won it for him.

Richard Shelby urged people to "write in" some other name.

We’ll get Mo Brooks in there for Trump’s second term, so let’s pick ourselves up and demolish them next November.

I very much doubt we will be finished dealing with the fallout from this disaster by then. Now that the Democrats know mere accusations can win them an election, I dare say they will try this again, and they are already ramping up this tactic against Trump.

No, we threw the baby out with the bathwater this time.