Edwards & Giuliani Out
The campaign trail has two fewer candidates.
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, saying "it's time for me to step aside so that history can blaze its path," dropped out of the presidential race.
He made the announcement in the same city where he kicked off his campaign, New Orleans.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani also officially dropped out Wednesday, endorsing Sen. John McCain in the process, making it clear after coming in third in the make-or-break Florida primary that he was finished.
In Edwards' case, he had also campaigned hard in previous primaries and caucuses but placed a distant third to senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, basically shutting down his presidential aspirations even before Super Tuesday.
Edwards was the first Democrat to put out his detailed health plan, which called for eventual universal coverage of all Americans. He repeated that call during his press conference Wednesday: "Universal health care for every man, woman and child in America ... That is our cause."
Giuliani based his campaign on "12 commitments." Two of them focused on health care issues: One was a pledge to give "Americans more control over and access to health care with affordable and portable free-market solutions." He also pledged to "increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children."
If you want to know more about Edwards or Giuliani, you can find out about them on our "Who's Dropped Out" page.
As for the remaining candidates, both Republican and Democrat, you can see how they face off on health, a major concern for voters, in our candidate comparison chart.
And you can always get the latest news from around the country on the next big contest, Super Tuesday, and beyond, on our election news page.
Sean Swint
Executive Editor, WebMD
(Rebecca Bates contributed to this report)
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, saying "it's time for me to step aside so that history can blaze its path," dropped out of the presidential race.
He made the announcement in the same city where he kicked off his campaign, New Orleans.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani also officially dropped out Wednesday, endorsing Sen. John McCain in the process, making it clear after coming in third in the make-or-break Florida primary that he was finished.
In Edwards' case, he had also campaigned hard in previous primaries and caucuses but placed a distant third to senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, basically shutting down his presidential aspirations even before Super Tuesday.
Edwards was the first Democrat to put out his detailed health plan, which called for eventual universal coverage of all Americans. He repeated that call during his press conference Wednesday: "Universal health care for every man, woman and child in America ... That is our cause."
Giuliani based his campaign on "12 commitments." Two of them focused on health care issues: One was a pledge to give "Americans more control over and access to health care with affordable and portable free-market solutions." He also pledged to "increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children."
If you want to know more about Edwards or Giuliani, you can find out about them on our "Who's Dropped Out" page.
As for the remaining candidates, both Republican and Democrat, you can see how they face off on health, a major concern for voters, in our candidate comparison chart.
And you can always get the latest news from around the country on the next big contest, Super Tuesday, and beyond, on our election news page.
Sean Swint
Executive Editor, WebMD
(Rebecca Bates contributed to this report)
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