It is one of the principles of war.
When your opponent is busy making a mistake - don't interrupt him.
If the 9-11 truthers were going ape feces crazy over some document and started concocting outlandish conspiracy theories and making themselves out to be a gaggle of idiots - would you actually have supported Bush releasing the information to shut them up? Or would you rather he waited until an opportune moment to release it and make them look like idiots?
Yeah, yeah, I know...eat crow. Same song, different verse.
Here is the Presidential Oath:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Funny, but I don’t see declaring war on 58% of the country who has some degree of doubt where you were born in there anywhere.
Of course, if YOU think using politics as a weapon is OK when you are a president, that is your right. Personally, I think you missed something along the way.