Sen. Marco Rubio arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. | AP Photo Rubio says he wasn't endorsing Cruz

Marco Rubio doesn't want his praise for Ted Cruz to be interpreted as an endorsement.

The Florida Republican senator said Wednesday that his remarks Tuesday to Mark Levin that he wants a conservative and that Cruz is the only candidate left that "fits the criteria" did not serve as an official endorsement.


"I'm not endorsing in this race right now. I don't have any announcement to make. I was just answering the question," Rubio told reporters.

Pressed on how he can praise Cruz now after their nasty spats on the campaign trail, Rubio replied: "I'm not discussing the campaign, I'm here working."

He then posed for a picture with some tourists and hopped on the Senate subway.