John Kerry’s brand of Boston diplomacy pays off

[karynnj]

32. I do know that when pushed to state what they would have done, they never answered

As to hearsay, I am alluding to many articles from people - like Bob Shrum and other people who were important to the campaign.

It does not even matter "what she heard" that night. She knew by the next day - the same thing the Kerrys knew, there were NOT enough votes there to contest. It is entirely possible that when Edwards was called and told they were conceding he said something like - Oh, no and asked if there were any possible avenue to continue to fight it.

That however would NOT equate to what she in Iowa said it to be -- a desire to refuse to concede. (Not to mention, as some mentioned here, his name was on the ballot, so he had standing himself. You might say that the party would not support him in this - well, they would not have supported a Kerry effort when there was no realistic way to appeal it. )

The Iowa statements were just pandering to the left.