Many said he would have won had the bombing halt come a week earlier.
Italy recommended a bombing halt for several days after a U.N. resolution is announced.
So the likelihood of a bombing halt, wrote Nixon, "came as no real surprise to me."
It enabled him to avoid being drawn into the argument over a bombing halt.
When North Vietnam appeared ready to talk peace in October, yet another bombing halt was directed.
Strikes against enemy targets in Laos on the other hand were increased after the bombing halt.
On the home front, the Senate majority leader, Mike Mansfield, called for a bombing halt.
Goldberg made a strong case for a total bombing halt, but not strong enough.
Twice before the Chicago convention he tried to fashion a plank calling for a bombing halt.
At the end of September, Humphrey delivered a speech calling for a bombing halt.