Nope, never said that. My personal opinion is whoever gets the most delegates should be the nominee. Even if it’s a Manhattan liberal.
When the whole process is over, the person who gets the most delegates will be the nominee, no doubt about it.
The process is not over, however, after a public opinion poll, a series of primaries, or even a convention ballot yielding less than a majority for any one person. It is only over after a majority of the 2475 assembled delegates agree on a candidate.
This process is not about anyone's ego or about being fair to anyone. It is about a diverse political party putting forth a nominee with the demonstrated ability to appeal to, at the very least, a majority of the delegates elected to represent the interest of the people who elected them.
The wisdom of this system is never more evident that in a time such as this year when we have a hard fought and often bitter contest. The majority requirement forces these, sometimes bitter enemies, to make accommodations with one another. They will be forced to place common interest above personal differences and hopefully come out of the process better able to defeat the democrat nominee. It might be messy and uncomfortable but my contention is a convention fight is more uniting that a bare majority going into the convention. The person who gets the nomination is going to need all the support he can get because the general election is not going to be a walk in the park. No one is entitled to the office, it has to be earned.