The article does not quote Paul Ryan as saying anything “conciliatory”. Offering to step down as chairman of the Convention could be seen more as digging in his heels in his unwillingness to endorse Mr. Trump. As in “I am sticking with my refusal to endorse you, so you want someone else to be chairman, that’s fine with me.” What is conciliatory about that?
By the way, is “not ready” something like voting “present”?
Haberman is a Trump hater. I saw her on CNN the night of the Chicago “riot” just raging about Trump.