Oh hell yeah, he was one of those assholes that got into the Senate by the skin of his teeth, to a district akin to Chicago politics where if you don't get caught murdering somebody, ON VIDEO you are "reelected" forever.
Lawyers that can law, practice law, and usually earn some tall cake. Ones that are left back in the third grade, go into politics and rape the American people. (Just not usually to the extent his Crime Family has.)