Gee, how hard would it have been for Rather to track this woman or her son down before running with this story? Rather didn't investigate anything, he trusted the source. Who is the source?
Who is the source? I've seen it suggested the left will try and say the source was Karl Rove. This is likely why they had the gaul to go with this fictition. The numbers were showing they had lost anyway, and this lie combined with the Ben Bartlett lies might just fly enough to pick them up in the end. And if the lies are exposed, then what have they lost? Their voter base has shown they will believe anything they are asked to believe.