You attack Rudi thusly: “He had a chance in 2000 to challenge her for the Senate — he dropped out of that race and basically gave it to her.”
Did you forget about this?
Rudy was in the midst of the battle of his life - FOR his life.
Geese....
http://www.usrf.org/news/010815-Rudolph_Giuliani_CaP.html
John Kerry had the same condition/surgery in a similar timeframe but he managed to run for the presidency in 2004. Running for the presidency is much more taxing.