“It was a presentation that defied reality. They said their convention strategy was not contingent on winning any states…. Even if you go to the [second ballot] why would anyone say Marco Rubio is the guy to give it to?”

– An unnamed Rubio backer, quoted following his having been privy to a presentation by the campaign outlining a strategy to win in a brokered convention after a campaign built to deny Donald Trump the needed 1237 delegates for a majority.