Corker has begun his exploratory for POTUS in 2020--he'll do or say anything that will yield political intel he can use going forward, while it still doesn't cost him much of anything.

The current POTUS entered the Amphitheater, called out the emperor, senators, and magistrates, lined them up, and pulled their pants down in front of the mob with one hand, while throwing bread into the crowd with the other. The losers are n-e-v-e-r, ever, going to get over it. I am talking of course about the GOP. 

The Dems stand to make major inroads with the Chief Dealmaker while the GOP pouts and drags its feet. Those Dems may be dumb, but they're not stupid.

This isn't college, but real life, or rather, the safety-helmet-wearing caricature of itself that real life has become.  

Even so, there are still those of us that remember The Seven Commandments before they changed. There is still time, although precious little, but still some--time.