If I recall, the Kerry campaign at the time had an ad on Bush's National Guard service ready to run at the same time; I think the firestorm broke before it had, and it was pulled.
To me, it's clearly collusion between the Kerry campaign and CBS. Frankly, I wish THAT were the subject of the inquiry.
They DID have it and they DID air it
Yes, there is no doubt whatsoever that there was collusion between SeeBS and the Kerry campaign. This was a political hit piece, designed to undermine support for Bush, and allow Kerry to pounce on Bush's military record because he was getting killed by the Swift Vets on his own. I am sure, that at some point, this 60 Minutes II team and reps from the Kerry campaign discussed how to disseminate it. We'll probably never know the truth, but the documents were probably supplied to Burke (the crazy national gaurd guy--whatever his name is) by the Kerry campaign, who then called SeeBS (who was expecting the call) and the rest is history. The timing was such that they thought they could let it out there and let it do it's damage before it was ever discovered that it was fake. It ended up blowing up in their faces, and the fact that See BS faked it became a much bigger story than the original topic of Bush's guard duty. I still maintain that this story, and the using of Burke (?) was cooked up all at the same time. Burke was a convenient middle man because he isn't very stable, and hates Bush, and his mysterious acquisition of the documents 'cleaned' the Kerry campaign and SeeBS of criminal wrong-doing. SeeBS could easily just say that Burke called them and they reported what was given to them, but their zeal to get it on the air gives the lie away that this was always an inside deal. The Kerry campaign and SeeBS were well coordinated on this story, and if it hadn't been laid bare as quickly as it was, I think the two would have been caught red-handed in bed together.