Kerry is NOT going to step down,no matter HOW "hot" it gets, Edwards is useless and though he's out there,the MSM are ignoring him (not to mention the fact that he'd like to run for president in '08,since Kerry'll lose),because they are biased and don't want to stir the pot,and Edwards is as dirty as they come...he's just a VERY inept candidate for V.P.!
Kerry is going to lose so bad, Edwards will forever tied to that ticket. By '08 he will have been out of the Senate almost four years. His law practice will go downhill due to federal tort reform which will pass with the votes of new Republican senators swept in by Bush's massive reelection landslide.