And Senator Dole, who surely knew something about Senate rules and precedents, certainly didn't think that Rule 23 bound the result in that Nixon case.
Moreover, surely he is a touch too impulsive, or certainly unpredictable, for conservative tastes: he is famous for having resigned on three occasions from ministerial posts, the last time in September last year when he was interior minister in the Socialist-led government of his friend, Lionel Jospin.