Rubio needs for the mess of obamacare to be ameliorated until after the election to protect Democrats’ chances. Rubio and the other mainline Republicans have determined that there are too many Republicans in the House to be able to control them properly and would like to return to a more comfortable minority status so that Conservatives can’t interfere with their dream of being the Official Opposition in a Democrat Socialist State. In that capacity they dream of being eaten last.
I think after the GOPe figures out that Krispy Kreme has no chance outside the northeast they will turn to Rubio as their guy. He has shown them he is very malleable and compromising.
I think they will use him as a firewall against Ted Cruz, two Hispanics could be slugging it out for the nomination.