[CheneyChick]

"Tom made a promise to me that he, in fact, wouldn't be a spoiler,"Mr. Issa said. "So the pressure is on Tom to decide whether that has become the reality, that he might be becoming a spoiler."

Which promise will Tom keep? I'm confused.

[Ichneumon]

Which promise will Tom keep? I'm confused.

He could keep both, actually. Staying in "to the end" can mean up until a day or two before the election, *then* withdrawing. Or he could stay in and yet still make a public annoucement that he wants all his supporters to vote for Arnold, for the good of California. Either way he'll have stayed in the race until the end, *and* not been a spoiler.

I'm not sure if it'll happen that way, but I'm just pointing out that it's not necessarily an either-or matter on the two promises.