Just as I predicted in my response to the first postings of this story.
This was all wishful thinking on the part of some. The RCC was never going to publicly excommunicate John Kerry. They're not going to excommunicate any political figures. That just isn't how the Church works any longer. They learned their lesson centuries ago when an excommunication of an English King caused a break with the Church.
Those who thought this was going to be some "October surprise" were mistaken. It's a non-story now.
Better attack Kerry on real issues. False attacks do the cause no good.
While I agree there are many things to attack Kerry on this is hardly a false attack.