Because it had nothing to do with his extramarital affair and divorce with his wife? I guess when Donna Hanover is holding her own press conferences accusing Rudy of infidelity, it wouldn't affect his decision to run or not? While I understand the cancer treatment was the ultimate reason he stepped aside, he took way too long to decide wheather he was running all the while knowing he was having one if not multiple affairs that was going to be made public. All of which left Lazio hanging in the wind after both D'Amato & Pataki failed to step up.