Danny won't apologize, but it is more due to his Montana-sized ego, lack of dignity, and hatred of Bush. Reminds me of Rigaberta Menchu (sp?). When she was found out to be a near total fraud, liberal academics claimed that the fact that she was a fraud was not important; it was her message that was important.
Yup, I think that's part of it, but there's also campaign strategy at work. After all, the object of Rather and CBS is to get Kerry elected, and if they're discredited by their own admission, they have no credibility what-so-ever with the undecideds and Kerry is guilty by association. I guess I'm more addressing people who think Rather will be fired by CBS sooner instead of later. But it wouldn't be unheard of for the documents to be put on a pedestal by libs like the example you gave. Can you see them all screaming, "they SHOULD have been real!!!" LOL