Honestly, as a former Cruz supporter, this timing only makes sense because he's reading the tea leaves and seeing a Trump win.
I'm not sure what he's seeing that I'm not seeing.
In his defense (can't believe I am defending him 
), Cruz was probably under intense GOP pressure to endorse. He obviously succumbed.
Then again, that same GOP pressure never bothered him in the past.
That's the point. Cruz's whole thing was being principled. You don't cave into pressure to support a man who insulted your wife, and openly engaged in conspiracy theories that your father was involved in the assassination of a president.
Cruz just proved he is as guided by principle as the rest of his favorite punching bag "the establishment." As much of an empty huckster as we all knew him to be.
