What Will Bernie Do?

First Read: “After her victories over the weekend in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Hillary Clinton is now just 19 delegates away from hitting the 2,383 magic number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination. And since she’ll easily cross it before polls even close in California (126 pledged delegates are for up grabs in New Jersey alone on June 7), here’s maybe the most important question in politics over the next month: WWBD — What Will Bernie Do?”

“Does he continue fighting all of the way through July’s Democratic convention? “The Democratic national convention will be a contested convention,” Sanders declared on Saturday, per NBC’s Danny Freeman. Or does he bow out after tomorrow’s results? And bow out gracefully?”

As one Capitol Hill Democrat closely observing the Clinton-vs.-Sanders race said: “It’s absolutely going to be the difference between a positive, proactive summer of unity and one that will lead to the same location — but travel across a much more treacherous path.”