Donald Trump is currently sucking all the oxygen out of the room of Republican candidates. Even though it appears that The Donald’s first place poll numbers are dropping after he dared touch the third rail of John McCain’s war record, he still commands an impressive 19% support in the Republican field, two points ahead of second place Scott Walker. Trump’s popularity is not due to his policies (with the exception of illegal immigration, what other policies does he support?) rather, it’s because of the perception that he is “fearless” and an “anti-politician.”

But while Trump himself has speculated that “Maybe people will get tired of me — who knows?” there is another candidate who has demonstrated fearlessness — only in a less flamboyant manner — and that is Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

On Friday, Cruz stood on the Senate floor and threw down the gauntlet to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by basically calling him a liar.