On this, I agree with you completely. The only area we may be in disagreement on is what votes we are talking about and when we determine who has the most. To me, delegate votes are what count and we don't know who has the most until they are actually cast. As to who is leading at this time, no one knows for sure who will receive those that are unbound, including those previously bound to candidate who have suspended their campaigns.
My objection is to short circuiting the process. When the delegates actually vote and someone receives the necessary 1237 delegate votes, they will be the nominee, not before. I don't want to see everyone drop out and then the individual prematurely anointed become incapacitated. It is sometime hard to exercise patience, but it is best to allow the process to play out.
But it’s not part of the process for Kasich, who has zero chance of reaching those delegates to stay in. It’s never done that way and they’re just doing it now to stop the frontrunner.
I wouldn’t say that if he had any chance of winning outright as Cruz still does but he doesn’t . Kasich is only trying to rig the game, pure and simple.