JOE GANDELMAN WRITES that John Kerry is sitting on a political time bomb by not releasing his military records.

I’ve certainly heard some talk-radio people making hay out of this issue already, and I suspect that — like Howard Dean’s sealed gubernatorial documents — there’s no upside for Kerry in keeping this stuff close to the vest.

UPDATE: Zach Barbera emails: “Maybe someone over at the DNC finally figured out that the rope-a-dope has worked very well for Bush and is now trying to play the same game with Kerry’s military records.”

Could be.