Self-praise sucks. Praising others for what they do, and have done, doesn’t suck. Since nobody in the media or on the left is going to praise either man. What’s the big deal if they praise each other from time to time?
No, it really doesn’t fit here. And Pence doesn’t open his mouth without first gushing and gushing about Trump. It doesn’t reflect well on either Pence or Trump. It grates.