Wouldn't have needed to. Lee would have bludgened him to death long before he became a factor in the race. Perot had a thin skin. Truth be told, he might have even been able to WIN had he not dropped out. If Atwater had been around, he would have dropped out earlier, and stayed out, if he had ever got in. He would have had some warning shots not to get in had Atwater been around.
Plausible...good point.