They want to vote for and publicly support Hillary. They can certainly vote their conscience, but that isn’t good enough, they want to win. Since their careers are OVER if they publicly support Hillary, they have to get sneaky about it and go for a spoiler.
Therefore, any public support for a candidate who is not the choice of the primary voters, is public support for Hillary, and must be treated as such.
‘Since their careers are OVER if they publicly support Hillary, they have to get sneaky about it and go for a spoiler.’
Well said. There aren’t many true purists in the pundit class — if any. The writer of this piece is naive.