The ironic thing was, he was no maverick.
He was simply an angry Leftist. There was nothing against the grain with him. He fit right in being friends with Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, George Soros, and Hillary Clinton.
He fit right in defending Barack Obama and assuring the nation they nothing to fear from him.
He liked to both claim he was a maverick and deny he was a maverick, whichever suited him at the time.
He was a shallow little man who seldom understood U. S. policy. His grasp of foreign affairs came in somewhere between Jimmy Cater and Pee Wee Herman. His advocacy of attacking Russia in Syria, was downright dangerous.
Even after death, the best that can be said of the man, is that he is still stinking up the place, guaranteed to be his only legacy in perpetuity.
But that is how he saw himself.
To himself he was the man brave enough to stand against his party, his associates, even his professional friends and side with the opposition party.
And every time he did it the leftist press applauded and boosted his ego.
But when that is your normal conduct you're no longer a Maverick - you become just another cantankerous, untrustworthy fool.