http://www.cnn.com/…

Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney plans to announce Thursday that he is backing Sen. John McCain in his bid for the Oval Office, two sources familiar with the decision said.

A source familiar with the decision said Romney wants to endorse McCain “in the interest of healing.”

The source said Romney also wants to help McCain move faster to “secure the nomination and unite the party for the general election against the Democrats for November.”

Romney will “release” his delegates to McCain, meaning he will encourage them to get behind McCain’s candidacy. the source said.

As far as I understand things Romney can’t “release” his delegates to McCain. He drops out and they go free. They can vote for whoever they choose come September. I wonder whether the delegates belief in Romney’s platform (McCain is a liberal) is stronger than their belief in the man. According to some at CPAC several Romney supporters claimed they would back Paul instead. They even gave up Romney’s table to the Paul people. Given that even after his suspension Romney received a lot of votes I doubt very much his delegates would just start supporting Paul at the convention. Then again they won’t have that option. Regardless the media will start saying McCain has 1,000+ delegates now and that’s simply not true.

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