[kabar]

He could have volunteered, but he couldn't have been drafted in 1971. He only received his lottery number in 1972 and the lottery was for 1973, but no draft was conducted that year.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Edwards was not/not eligible for the draft in 1971.

[Mo1]

Question .. was it known AT THAT TIME the draft would have ended in 73?

[Howlin]

We're arguing semantics here.

As somebody said on another thread,

I think the point is that, although Vice President Cheney is apparently a bad guy for opting to stay home with his wife and daughter instead of volunteering, the unmarried Senator Edwards, with no family at home to support, is a great guy even though he didn't volunteer either