Let's stay with that logic for a second and follow it through. Switches, by definition, are used to complete or break a circuit. So, if the ignition switch is bad and won't complete the "run" circuit, is there something you can do under the hood to complete the circuit? I keep thinking someone told me one day that a wire to the ballast resistor accomplishes this.
I know that an engine will crank in the "start" position, but will die in the "run" position, if the ballast resistor is bad - so it must be necessary in the ignition circuit. If you wanted to use a remote starter (and the column ignition switch was entirely missing), could you still somehow start the car?
I didn't mean to highjack your thread, Randy, but it was a good place to ask this pertinent question.
