I think Bernie is playing for the screwed-up convention, and the alternate candidate route....suggesting he has to be paid by the Party to just accept this ridiculous idea of replacing Joe Biden.
Bernie was never serious about winning the Democratic nomination. He never hammered Biden on anything — like his Ukrainian corruption, for example. This was be exact same approach he took with Hillary Clinton in 2016, when he fell all over himself making excuses for her corruption.
This is why U.S. Senators are awful presidential candidates. They can’t attack rivals after making deals with them in their Beltway country club for years.
Bernie played the role of the Washington Generals. Losing was a foregone conclusion. Hell, he isn’t even a Democrat. He has made lots of money from the campaign, moved the Party further to the Left, and fed his enormous ego. AOC will takeover “The Movement” and eventually transform the party to being overtly socialist. It will be called the Democratic Socialist Party of America. The DSPA.
Bernie ever wanted to be the nominee. He wants to push the party as far left as possible. Not be president. His groupies are too stupid to realize this obvious reality.