But that was before there were so many people watching, and before a lot of dirt started coming out from under his rug. Now that this case has aroused the public interest, he might be paying a little bit closer attention to detail. Perhaps he really was ignorant (granted, by choice) of a lot of the facts and he has now been confronted with them by angry Americans. Maybe he is backpedaling to save his own #$$ or maybe he figures it's good PR and will get overruled somewhere else. It's even possible that God changed his heart. At this point, I don't really care what his motives were for doing the right thing. I only care that he did.
Cf Philippians 1:18 ff "But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is being preached.."
Same idea here