The Biden team was stuck between a rock and a hard place on Wednesday trying to explain — while not really explaining — why Joe Biden stepped aside from the presidential race. He had a couple of options, one being admitting he had health issues/was in cognitive decline. If he did that, then he and his team would be ripped apart for lying and covering that up. And it would prompt calls for him to step down now if he was admitting he was in bad health. The other option was to admit he was doing it to help them win, which meant acknowledging he would likely lose to former President Donald Trump.
Either of those choices was completely anathema to Biden, who hates being challenged.
He didn’t really give a reason In his speech. But if it was a reason, it was more the latter. He seemed to say he was doing it to “unite the party” and “save democracy.” That’s basically admitting he…
