paid for some of the attack ads on Porter so to minimize his competition in November.
I think what Schiff did was a bit shady but understandable as he and his team are trying to make sure he wins in November. Everyone expected him to be one of the two candidates and so he was trying to find the second candidate that he is guaranteed to win against (which is the GOP nominee).
I didn't see the attack ads, but I heard a lot about Schiff and his teams gave out that strategy to others that supported him.
CL