One only wonders whether the media would have reacted with a YAWN had Bush Jr. done the same investigation of Obama in the 2008 campaign, or in 2012, given the disaster of the Arab Spring (i.e., whether some foreign influence drove Obama to do that)?
Would the media have said something like: “No big deal, why is Obama so paranoid?”
Except George W disliked McCain immensely. He would not have lifted a finger to help McCain get elected. Or that is my suspicion.