He had to. You don't stab your fellow party man in the back. It will be for the greater good. An unlected Rick Santorum is not preferable to an elected Bob Casey.
Instead by campaigning for Spector, Rick stabbed his fellow conservative, Toomey in the back.
Guess whose proposing a bill to back Federally Funded embryonic stem cell research????? Spector.
Why have primaries then, if incumbents are entitled to support?