...the last line of my post? "Bush could, however, denounce the ad. He wont." If he made a public statement that said something like, "I call on them to stop running the ad" or, "I ask them to please stop running this ad," it probably would not count as coordination. But what Edwards said is he wanted Bush to say, "Stop this ad." That is a direct order. That IS coordination, according to NPR.

My point was, Bush has a built in excuse for NOT telling them to stop. I don't agree with it, I was playing devil's advocate.