My initial reaction was to loathe him slightly less. But you are right; he is becoming more and more irrelevant as things are moving along without his support. And he knows it. This is a play to become relevant again. Therefore my degree of loathing stays unchanged.
All I got to say is that the Reps best not allow the Dimwits to do their circus act. Here is the nominee, 1 minute, vote out of committee 30 seconds, adjourn, leave 2 sec. Floor vote set 1 sec later and then deal with the Dimwits maneuvers.