Jonathan Martin for Politico reported on an internal GOP Senate leadership fight for the post of Intelligence Committee Chairman. Marco Rubio had in line for the Chairman position, but he is now the soon-to-be-confirmed nominee for Secretary of State. Next in line is Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who also secured the third-ranking position in the Senate GOP conference. Mr. Martin reports that Texas Senator Jon Cornyn, who lost a bid against Senator John Thune of South Dakota for the caucus leader post, has backers in a bid to leap-frog Mr. Cotton for the Intelligence Committee chairman post (I wrote about an interesting fact related to Mr. Thune’s ascending to the position of Senate Majority Leader). The logic, according to Mr. Martin (note that Politico is not my go-to source on these matters, but we can set that aside), the logic of the Cornyn idea is that gaining the Intelligence Committee chairmanship would make it more likely that he runs for reelection in 2026. Mr. Cotton seems to be having none of the plan, and Mr. Martin implicitly opines (I am inclined to agree from the outside) that Mr. Thune, who has the power to select chairs, will favor Mr. Cotton because Mr. Cotton supported his leadership bid while Mr. Cornyn was his opponent. But all of this manuvering leaves open an important question, especiall in light of the upcoming push to reform how the initelligence agencies conduct their affairs: Who would be the better Chairman? I will submit for the record that given the two choices, the answer is clearly the one who will most likely prevail in this power struggle, the junior Senator from Arkansas.