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>>But Cruz says Kasich should get out because he has no path to 1237.<<j

Maybe Cruz did say exactly that, but I doubt it. The main reason for Kasich to withdraw is to finally get this down to a two-man race so we can find out if GOP voters, given the choice of Trump vs. Cruz, continue to choose Trump. If they do, that settles the matter, because Trump will continue to win the “winner take all” states and all their delegates.

But as things stand, Trump wins those delegates with as little as 34% of the vote even if he would lose them in a two-man race, and his terrible favorable/unfavorable standing makes it quite likely that he would continue to get less than 50% of the vote in a two-man race meaning, of course, that Cruz would win those contests.

Of course, it’s also possible that Kasich is helping Cruz by taking delegates from Trump that Cruz wouldn’t be able to get on his own. Ohio was a good example of that, and the Madison area delegates in WI might also be won by Kasich instead of Trump although it’s possible Cruz would win them anyway if Kasich weren’t on the ballot in WI.

But Cruz says Kasich should get out because he has no path to 1237.

And is Kasich listening? Does he care? No, he thinks that he's going into the convention with 300-400 delegates and win on a 3rd or 4th ballot. Do I support him? Hell no, but if he's playing by the rules, so be it. As the kids say, don't hate the player, hate the game.