Cantor spent several million dollars to Brat's $120,000. LOL. And seriously, Peter King needs to go drown his sorrows in a tall glass of STFU. Even if you strongly dislike people in your party, why always make a media spectacle out of it? That goes doubly for you, Juan McCain. I mean, when do you ever hear about Democrats doing this in their own ranks?
I think the real difference is that the Democrats are united in service of a common agenda, whereas the GOP is just an incoherent miasma that has no real ideology. The Tea Party wing is trying to give it a real ideology for a change, and the party fossils don't like it.
I do kind of wonder about Cantor's decision to step down as majority leader already, though. They're cooking something up, they have to be. Is it so they can go ahead and get another RINO crony in there now, and let him solidify in the job before the November elections roll around? I guess they'll just move that other turd, the majority whip, into the slot.