Former US senator, rated as the fourth most conservative during his tenure. Time named him one of the 10 best senators.
Smells swampy by the latter, good by the former. I'll be doing further digging.
He's never not been killing it. He filibustered obamacare funding multiple times to little to no media attention. Outside of the primary, he's never attacked POTUS and has been a great senator.
No, not for a few days at a minimum.