[Lancey Howard]

It was that very zest for power -- in this case, a story that would have destroyed the re-election hopes of President George W. Bush -- that backfired and cost Rather his career.

Brent is way off here - - the big "scoop" was a story that George W. Bush may have failed to take a physical for his National Guard unit in 1972. It staggers the mind that Rather, Mapes, and CBS destroyed themselves trying to "prove" this triviality.

[Bonaparte]

Yeah, but they had an excuse, you see...