Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., told his colleagues earlier this week that he was bowing out because he no longer could bring himself to serve in Congress in the same party as President Trump.

“We must never adjust to the present coarseness of our national dialogue with the tone set up at the top,” he told his colleagues in announcing he would not seek re-election. It was all about President Trump and “the daily sundering of our country – the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institutions, the flagrant disregard for truth and decency. The reckless provocations ….”