Yes, you get it and I get it but the Bush haters in the general populace will latch on to this Senate Intelligence Committee report (the headlines, mind you) with the fervor of a rabid dog to validate their beliefs. This could very well sway the swing voters to Kerry.
My point on political implications is this:
The Bush-haters have *already* got all the 'evidence' they need to hate Bush, it's come out of the NYTimes, Moore's movie, Howad Dean, lots of books, etc.
I know. I've been seeing the "Noone died when Clinton lied" t-shirts. When did the "Bush lied, thousands died" meme start? About 4 weeks after we liberated Baghdad? It's out there already.
As for headlines, NYTimes did 33 *straight days* of Abu Graib front-page stories, each one hitting on Bush admin for faulty behavior, trying to link the 'chain of command'.
I dont think how this could be worse.