Face-Saving?

PRD boss Jesús Ortega says that although Andrés Manuel López Obrador is supporting candidates from the Workers Party, he won't take any action to toss him from the party. It seems like Ortega wants to give AMLO the chance to save face and still come back to the PRD. That won't help the PRD in 2009, but perhaps it's the groundwork for future reconciliation. Or maybe Ortega doesn't want to provoke a split just yet, but could so in the future when his base of power is more consolidated.