“You have said you didn’t want to launch attacks against other candidates,” she continued. “But now in the eleventh hour before Super Tuesday you are attacking Donald Trump with a vengeance. If you felt this strongly before, why didn’t you do this earlier?”

“Bec-” Rubio began before pausing. “Yeah. That’s a good question.”

“We had hoped that voters would reach this conclusion on their own. Unfortunately it hasn’t gone that way.”