How do you know he dropped out for the sake of the Country? He’s never made that statement, AFAIK.
At the time Fred dropped out it looked to me like he needed to retrench and get serious. His message was catching and just starting to take hold.
I never saw, and still don’t see, any valid reason for him to have dropped out. That he did it the way he did, felt like a slap in the face to some of us who held him in such high regard.
I’ll always respect the man’s politics, but his people skills suck.
He lost the South Carolina primary, which was right in his own back yard. He figured if he couldn’t win there, he couldn’t win the nomination. He was right.
As far as sending out letters, his mother had been taken ill with pneumonia and hospitalized. He was a little preoccupied at the moment. Family comes first.