This is was my impression as well, hence asking. I dimly recall him getting zinged by some fringe enforcer group once or twice, but not because what he was sayi

This is was my impression as well, hence asking. I dimly recall him getting zinged by some fringe enforcer group once or twice, but not because what he was saying was genuinely heterodox, simply to tighten the overtone window a bit on that side. I agree with him that financial independence and a bully pulpit give one freedom and, as a public spirited person at least, responsibility to make use of that freedom to voice otherwise supressed opinions that merit some airing (whether correct or not). If he's actually doing it, it would certainly enhance my opinion of him.