Elec woes, crank, no start after running then parked.

I just found an issue with my buddy's distributor cap. The thing wouldn't start and before the no start situation it was running like crap backfiring and running rich. Long story short I found that the connection from the button that the rotor contacts to the coil connector on top of the distributor was bad. Check it with a ohm meter. I used I screwdriver to test. When I dug the screwdriver into the edge of the button it would make connection to the Post on top of the distributor. Just something you might want to check.