Since Portman and the Kochs will tear him to shreds the second he enters the race, he can't keep that nice guy attitude if he wants to win.
Two things:
1. What were you expecting Ryan to say? He can't say "Rob Portman is a worthless piece of crap" 
2. This is a big deal if true, conventional wisdom here was that Ryan wasn't interested, but if he is then this seat immediately goes from Likely-to-Safe R to being a tossup. Strickland and Ryan (Cordrey isn't interested) are basically the only people who can put this in play.
No, but it seems odd to go out of your way to praise the guy you're going to be running against.
