No, I think it has more to do with this.
So he is throwing the whole country under the bus to suffer the catastrophic 0bamcare, just so he can satisfy his own selfish desire for more power?
If he goes through with this, we have to do whatever we can to help his opponent(if he is any good) and trey to make him lose in the primaries
That doesn't explain his contradicting himself after he said this:
"Nathan Deal has taken an oath to serve the people of Georgia and has a clear record of completing his terms."