The other candidates cooperated, but Woodward and his editor at Simon and Schuster, Alice Mayhew, who had originally planned a book about the primaries, mostly left the Phil Gramm and Lamar Alexander stories on the cutting-room floor.
Despite Woodward's intense urging, none of the candidates cooperated at all. 
mnli hypothesis: Despite Woodward's intense urging, none of the candidates cooperated at all.  premise: The other candidates cooperated, but Woodward and his editor at Simon and Schuster, Alice Mayhew, who had originally planned a book about the primaries, mostly left the Phil Gramm and Lamar Alexander stories on the cutting-room floor.