Oh, baloney! They had to do it to stop the Ron Paul loons who had said for months they were going to exploit the rules and take over the convention. All these Tea Party people (who aren’t Paul Libertarians) need to back down and realize what almost happened if the rules hadn’t been changed.
That’s baloney, there weren’t enough Paul delegates to actually accomplish anything and they had the Paul delegates already under control. What they did is long term.