However, there is more than one way they could use it.
If McCain really didn't want this out, they can threaten him with it (blackmail, in a word.)
They can tease him via surogates with tasty morsels of this, driving him one step closer to the edge. By some folks accounting, John McCain won't need that many more steps to reach the edge.
“The Clintons wouldn’t touch this with a ten-foot pole.”
They don’t need to touch it. They’ve got plenty of proxies to “get the word out” for them.... like this thread on Free Republic.
its already out there so it is not news.
any "documents" that purport to prove this charge is true can legitimately be claimed to be forgeries (whether they actually are or not!) given the precendent of the clumsily forged Bush National Guard letters... whoever uses them will suffer Dan Rather's fate.
I've never been a McCain fan, but I do believe that if there were a global crisis he would be cooler (temper tantrums aside) under fire than *any* of the other candidates whereas other candidates could very easily panic through inexperience...
being able to absorb pain builds strength of character... both my Dad and Grandad were POW's who suffered mightily during WWII, so I've seen the effect firsthand.