Agreed. Generally, there would be no pronouncements, admissions, etc. Lockhart et al are media cover-up experts. They know full well how to obfuscate -- delay, delay, delay, deny, delay, etc. The fact that Lockhart has been producing almost real-time commentary (mostly damaging to Kerry) is all the proof necessary that your statement is absolutely correct.
A lot of folks seem to believe that Madame Clinton set this debacle up in order to position herself for 2008. I can't believe this. Bush is performing extremely well, and Kerry's campaign is amateurish at best. Why would an ambitious person like Hillary put into motion a plan that might discredit the entire Democratic Party for years? It wouldn't be in her interests. No, I think Kerry and CBS wanted this to fly, but just got sloppy in the execution (posting the memos on the internet). The DNC and its puppetmasters can't be happy at this turn of events--if Memogate is linked to the Dems, the party's influence will continue to wane. They Clintonistas are responding so ineptly because they never expected to get caught. And, if you'll recall, all their lies were exposed last time around, too. Their reputation as masters of subterfuge is largely undeserved.