Actually this was a very smart move on Kerry's part. You have to acknowledge his well practiced manipulative skills in order to get to the truth of the matter. Kerry now has everyone on this site and throughout the country believing that he really believes the Osama tape caused his defeat. All the network shows are discussing it and taking issue with Kerry's belief IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OSAMA TAPE. In reality, based on reports of his emotional reactions during his campaign, Kerry actually KNOWS that it was the SwiftVets who stopped his campaign dead in it's tracks immediately after the convention and defeated him. (No major poll gave Kerry the lead AFTER the SwiftVets finally made their mark.) But Kerry hates the SwiftVets for what they did. He could never bring himself to acknowledge their success and he doesn't want others to assign them the credit they deserve. So, he is publicly blaming the tape to encourage negative attacks on his phoney position (Osama tape) in order to suck up all the post-election oxygen that would have gone to giving the SwiftVets the major credit for his defeat. He has lost. The best he feels he can do is to deny his SwiftVet opponents the credit for his loss.