If Marco Rubio is no longer a contender for the Republican Presidential nomination, but is allowed to retain control of the Rubio delagates at the nominating convention, how will that change future Presidential races and conventions?

In my opinion, when Rubio withdrew from the race, he released his delegates and those delegates are free to vote for the candidate they feel is most closely aligned with Rubio’s goals. If Rubio wanted to be a player at the convention, he should have simply stayed in the race, as Kasich did.

Allowing Rubio to be an active player at the nominating convention by retaining his delegates would be, to me, signalling billionaires like the Koch and Wirth brothers that they don’t have to buy a single candidate to take the nomination. Bank roll Cruz, Rubio and some some other political whores – say, Chris Christies – promise them positions in the future administration, and just steamroller the popular candidate.

That might seem desirable in the age of Trump.
In reality, isn’t this just the sort of short-term shenanigans turned policy that spawned the Trump candidacy?

Rubio Makes Unprecedented Bid to Keep Delegates for Contested Convention