Dan Rather will NOT fall on his sword, not voluntarily.
The conundrum at CBS is how to protect both Rather and their Democrat Party.... AT THE SAME TIME.
But if they ultimately are forced to make a choice, they will toss Dan overboard before they will admit that they got the documents from Max Cleland on behalf of the Kerry campaign.
The ultimate ironic resolution would be thus:
CBS gets rid of Rather and Heyward. In a last-ditch attempt to save the news division from complete and total irrelevancy, Britt Hume's agent gets a phone call.
Britt becomes the highest paid news director in television history.
CBS "outs" Cleland and the Kerry Campaign like Solozzo and McCloskey at the Italian diner ("It's strictly business, Sonny.")
Peter Jennings takes the gas pipe.
Nah.