It’s easy to guess how the Times will play this. They’ll have a long article about how the Swift Boat Vets ad shows how despite the best efforts of reformers, money still hasn’t quite been squeezed out of the system, and that it shows the need for more campaign finance restrictions. They’ll discuss the he said/she said nature of the medals charges. And in the 27th paragraph they’ll mention that there is a minor controversy with the Swiftees claiming that Kerry had once said that he was in Cambodia, but that the Kerry campaign when contacted insists that Kerry was only near Cambodia.

It’s exactly how they buried the revelation that Kerry attended a meeting of the VVAW where the assassination of US Senators was proposed.