Wherein I eat a murder of crow…
Last night, I made a highly inappropriate comment about you Senator and I would like to apologize formally for it. I will not link it here, but it was crude and cruel. I am sorry.
I don’t know why you did what you did last night. It may be simply that ‘it was the right thing to do’. I love thinking that you description, simple and straight forward, is the correct one.
It may be because you truly understand the role of the Senate in this American Experiment and you reached your breaking point in your leaders stretching of the rules. This too is highly laudable.
It could be that your distaste for the present President got the better of you. I could hardly blame you, given the way he casually trashed your honorable military service. Descent is the highest form of patriotism.
Regardless of the reason, you did the right thing under tremendous pressure from your party. That was indeed an historical act of courage and honor. I apologize for ever doubting that.