As a lifelong independent/liberal, I have to say I’ve always admired Keyes, far and away beyond the typical conservative candidates who have become the party elite. He’s made sense to me on a lot of issues....I respect his choice a lot...this country needs more people on both sides of the line to say they’ve had enough of their respective parties....Not that anecdote is evidence, but my own experience tells me that ultimately the vast majority of us probably agree on damn near everything once we start talking details; we just get divided when politicos tell us to get up in arms.