Man, you hit the nail on the head! It is sad but true. I keep waiting for the rope to cinch up real tight.
I have to believe the Bush campaign has some increduluous information that they will reveal at an opportunistic time in the campaign that will blow the press and the dems out of the water. You're absolutely right that they are biting their lip at this point. The "bleeding hearts" out there have very short memories(primarily due to low IQ's), so the closer to the election that it's revealed, the more likely it will be retained when they go to the polls.