Thad Cochran Mississippi
Thad never cared about anything except bringing home the bacon to Mississippi and improving his own personal finances. I remember reviewing a financial disclosure document before his last Senate run; the number of stock trades filled more than a dozen pages, and Thad turned a tidy profit on them.
Then, it was disclosed that Cochran’s “landlord” in DC was one of his top aides, who was also his girlfriend. Turned out the two had been shacking up for years, even while Cochran’s wife was in a nursing home back in Mississippi, in the final stages of Alzheimer’s.
And finally, when Thad’s health began to fail, he resigned from the Senate and moved into the state veterans home in Oxford, based on his service as a naval officer in the late 50s/early 60s. It was perfectly legal, but left a bad taste in many Mississippians mouths; Cochran was a millionaire, with resources to pay for a private facility. Wonder which poor or working class vet got moved down the waiting list to make room for Thad.
He was a sleaze, just like the rest of McConnell’s minions.