Romney only wanted to be the default candidate .. the not Obama candidate.
He would have happily taken any position required to fulfill that role as the default candidate.
Well, the mormon paper of record disagrees with you on this...
Of course, the article just has to continue the "persecution" claim.."Among cognoscenti who would never tolerate the brutal official persecution of the LDS Church that happened in the 19th century"...NOW, for the next 50 years they can whine and claim this election as persecution and blame FR Evangelicals.