Carson set a trap for everybody else in the race that actually wants to win. Cruz and Rubio BOTH took the bait, but Carson quite obviously intends to endorse Rubio and hand over his base. He’s getting in all the whacks against Cruz - like Sarah - in the meantime.
Funny thing is Carson’s base may not be real comfortable getting behind Rubio, but not as uncomforable as Santorum’s base in migrating to him.
I dunno. Carson never struck me as being much of a schemer.
I think he just guilelessly told a reporter that he intended to stop off at home to rest and some clever rival teams noticed that the statement was ambiguous enough to be misleading. So they ran with it.
I was surprised to see Santorum endorse Rubio, I find Rubio to be especially devious and phony. If Carson endorses him as well that would also come as a surprise.