He helped McCain get nominated.
The only way that worked, if you analyzed the numbers, was to pull enough from Huckabee to give McCain a chance.
FREDDIE DALTON THOMPSON, MAN OF MANY ROLES, VOTED TO DISCARD THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING MCCAIN/FEINGOLD PASSED, IS SOFT ON AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS, AND HAS A PENCHANT FOR MCCQUEEG ONGOING, NO TRUE CONSERVATIVE COULD SUPPORT SUCH A GUY, IMHO.