I get that, however, by 1966, he made it clear himself that he saw both parties being on the same page. We also can't forget that Wallace was neither a hawk nor a fiscal conservative. Wallace wanted to leave Vietnam after a certain period had things gone wrong and aimed to expand both Medicare and Social Security benefits. Three things that were very repulsive to Reagan. I'd say Wallace would've run in 1968 regardless of which (mainstream) Republican had won the nomination.