"Pulling number 178 in the February 1972 Selective Service lottery drawing, Edwards' number was lower than more than half of those picked."
Are you sure of your facts? As I recall they never went above #103 in any of the years the lottery was in effect. I had #300 in the first lottery (1970), I'm 56 and graduated that year - Edwards probably had a Student deferrment for the 1972 and a few after that by which time the Vietnam war was winding down.
If you're going to throw stones at Edwards, you should include Cheney in your shots.
Cheney did not call the swift boat veterans liars.
Cheney was in his thirties in 171 he would not have been drafted.
I don't believe Cheney called the Swifties liars...that is the difference....