In some ways, Rubio's position at the center of the Tillerson confirmation drama validates his decision to return to the Senate. The Tillerson confirmation process gives him immediate platform to shape the course of the new administration's foreign policy. In a baser sense, it also offers him an opening to exact revenge: a decision to slow or stall the Tillerson nomination would poke Trump in the eye. ComplicationRubio could complicate Tillerson's nomination fight by declining to back him in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote. Rubio's questions to Tillerson on Wednesday were consistent with the way he has approached foreign policy throughout his career.

Source: CNN January 12, 2017 22:18 UTC