Catherine:

You read my mind. I also wondered when CYA came into use. How would a person find that out?

And I thought about the age thing also. I learned to type on an Underwood.[if you can call this typing] In typing class we had to type now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country over and over again. When I was a senior in high school I got a new IBM and I thought it was the berries.

I think the technical aspects of this are interesting, but I also found Killian’s widow’s remarks very telling. The woman was adamant, her husband did not write these things. She seemed genuinely upset that her dead hsuband was being used.

I also think the fact that after years of controversy that all but the most partisan of Democrats find tedious and silly this suddenly comes to light. A September surprise.

How could a rational person not wonder about the circumstances of this?

There was a history between O’Neil and Kerry but so far as I know Killian was considered an admirer of Bush’s.