[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[At the behest of CBS, an adviser to John Kerry said he talked to a central figure in the controversy over President Bush's National Guard service shortly before disputed documents were released...Joe Lockhart...the second Kerry ally to confirm contact with retired Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett, said he made the call at the suggestion of CBS producer Mary Mapes.]

Looks more and more that the Kerry campaign AND CBS were duped!

Where there's smoke...there's Hillary conducting the orchestra!

[Dolphy]

Duped? I don't think so.

Rather's admission tonight stands up about as well as the forged documents. We all know that he spiked the Killian family statements along with the document examiners opinions. They did this on the word of Burkett, a widely regarded unreliable source? That just doesn't pass the common sense test.

Rather said his source was unimpeachable. Burkett doesn't fit the profile. This is just more stonewalling. Cleland is on the record as saying he told Burkett to contact someone from the Kerry campaign...everything I read says Cleland is co-chair of the Kerry campaign. Now Lockhart, a senior advisor, is calling this guy? The stories don't add up, first they deny contact, now they admit and say it was initiated by CBS.