It's as simple as that.
But the media and the GOPe want a Cruz/Trump fight, so they won't play the original CNN story.
This is working well for Rubio who has a shot at taking NH --especially if Trump and Cruz go at each other in tonight's debate, leaving Rubio looking "presidential."
And you can be pretty darn sure the "moderators" will try their best to make that happen.
The missing element in the Republican race so far is that no one has wanted to really go after Trump, because they know that Trump will go gonzo. It needs to be done, but whoever does it will be dragged into the mudpit in which Donald is so at home, and will probably be irreparably damaged in the process. It becomes a question of who is willing to fall on the grenade.