Lincoln Chafee: Leaving the GOP?

Lincoln Chafee, the moderate Republican Senator from Rhode Island who was unseated by Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in Tuesday’s election, hinted at a news conference yesterday that he may exit the GOP. “I haven’t made any decisions,” he said. “I just haven’t even thought about where my place is.” But, according to the AP:

When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied: “That’s fair.”