"...even worse, glad to play the role if it assuages his own ego."
Sounds like Trump and the Clintons
In every way except with Cruz there are actual deeds to gauge it by instead of mere speculation because "I gotta find something bad about Trump".
Got a fund raising call from Cruz campaign yesterday and told the gal why I switched to trump - Cruz looking more like a long shot and his vow to be a spoiler doesn't seem like the best path to the WH - I got no arguments from her......