The Kerry Campaign dropped him like a stone after the Senate Intelligence Report came out. This whole story would be history except that the media hates Rove and could never pass up a chance to do him in. The WH punted this one down the road during the campaign and now they're paying for it. Not a bad play considering they won the election.
I love how Plame's importance as a super-secret agent who looks good in sunglasses and scarf keeps increasing. If Joe Biden leaked this stuff, she'd be a cubicle monkey