Once the campaign got down to two, the whole dynamic of the campaign changes dramatically. More people will pay attention to Edwards now. As they say in hockey, "Game On!"
If Edwards starts to get some serious attention, what does that do to Terry "McAwful's" braying about the National Guard issue? Edwards "dodged" the draft because he was in shark city ( law school ) . The reason he tends to get a pass on this is because he looks younger than he is - the draft was still in force and he was eligible - a lot of people assume the draft was over by then.
The spinning that would have to take place to explain the hypocrisy here will be fun to watch ( maybe someone could post the scene from "The Exorcist" and paste Terry's head on the girl ).