Bob Dole: Charlie Crist Promised to Caucus with GOP

Buried in an article by Mike Hall in the Topeka Capital-Journal on Bob Doles recovery from knee surgery is this little nugget:

From his hospital room, he was active in supporting several conservative candidates he believed in, including Charles Crist, who ran for a U.S. Senate seat from Florida as an independent. Dole told one reporter he extracted a promise that Crist would vote for Republican control of the Senate if elected.

Crist, a former Florida governor, lost that Senate race to conservative Republican Marco Rubio.

Tip of the cap to Political Wire.