To amplify this... If the mess has different shaders different faces, the UV editor will display the shader for the face selected. If multiple faces are selected that have different faces, than the UV editor seems to defalt to the first face that was select in the set of faces. If the object as a whole is selectec the UV editor will display the first shader that was assigned to it. So, to change images in the UV editor with this method was just be a matter of select different faces. Why do I feel like I'm writing in an alien language? Does this make ANY sense?