Yeah - absolutely - instead of telling the folks of Iowa that he's all for leaving them in the lurch from what equates to making a government-mandated living from ethanol, he would rather phase the requirement out so they know what the rules are along the way and work towards a place where the mandate stops being a mandate and capitalism can get involved in the decision making process - obviously a big disqualifier...
I'm a Cruz first supporter and have already donated to him. I prefer his stronger statements, but also understand that he may not end up being on the final ticket - I'll not destroy what might be our next best hope this early in the game and slide the door wide open for another 8 years of hard core Leftist destruction. That would be.......stupid.