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Romney has said he wants to be a McCain-like figure in the Senate
[Hot Air] A fun leftover from this Friday profile of Romney’s sureshot Senate campaign in Utah. News broke this afternoon that he was treated successfully for prostate cancer this past year, a personal detail that doubtless would have remained private unless he was about to reenter public life and wanted any information that might give voters pause disclosed early, before his next campaign begins in earnest.
"There’s got to be somebody who can stand up to the president," Romney told members of the Utah congressional delegation in recent weeks, according to a person with knowledge of his comments. "Who’s going to stand up to Trump?"...

"I’ve been told that Romney has said he wants to be a McCain-like figure in the Senate," says Dave Owen, a longtime Utah Republican strategist who doesn’t count himself a Romney supporter.

It’s hard to think of a phrase about Republicans that would make grassroots righties shudder more than "McCain-like figure." But don’t get too excited: He’s not really going "full anti-Trump." Especially not during the campaign itself.
Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-09
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=505388