Jay,

John Edwards isn't the President. He isn't the Vice-President. He is
nobody but a run-of-the-mill Senator.


He is a candidate. The purpose of this kind of protection is to make
sure a democratic process can take place with a candidate being voted
for or against, not killed out of the election before it takes place.

As you well know, your country has a (for an established democracy
unusual, one might add) history of attacks on elected presidents or
candidates put up for election. Thus, this kind of protection might make
sense.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)