Cruz wasn't a really a conservative anyway.

But even so, he was phony at whatever he is, and that counts more in politics than what someone claims to hold philosophically.

If he was a true conservative Christian, he would simply quit whining and tearing down someone to whom he lost, gather himself with dignity, chalk it up to "God's timing," and get ready to win the next time around, or the time after.

As it is, he cracked under the pressure, both he and his wife do not have what it takes to survive the demands of the office, and he is now being a sore loser and burning bridges.

He's a political hack who is also a political dimwit. The best he could do is hope for an appointed position that does not require him destroying his family to get there.