Exactly, the GOP is in a lose / lose situation now, with one loss having the potential to be exponentially worse than the other. This would seem to make their c

Exactly, the GOP is in a lose / lose situation now, with one loss having the potential to be exponentially worse than the other. This would seem to make their choice an easy one, except that the larger loss is also the one that's further away, and they're beholden to a base so blinded by fury that playing a longer game becomes impossible.