[knarf]

IMO, the handlers gave Tapper and Bash the heads up:

"We've had him and worked for a week and . . . well . . . . . he's done.
Don't push it, help him out, but pray it's not too bloody"

Joe Biden's eyes hardly ever blinked.

A drug conscious friend of mine had one word . . . . . cocaine.

[cdcdawg]

I think you present a plausible scenario. He’s too far gone for CNN to drag along.