[af_vet_1981]

Not idiotic; Did you misread zencycler's comment ?

In post 34 he clearly wrote "But as we can now see that clearly is not going to happen, it's time for Cruz to make a graceful exit ...

[zencycler]

Correct, and thanks af_vet.

I’ll add that I began that sentence about a hypothetical, once possible, delegate count, with the word “likewise”, which referred back to the prior answer I had given on another question, which “likewise” was distinguishing between past and current possibilities by commenting on whether some outcome was possible, to which I answered, “at this point, no”.

So while my hypothetical count, weeks ago may have both been possible and also a reasonable justification for Cruz staying in the race, now neither is true - so “likewise”, “at this point, no”.