The Kerry-Edwards web site (above) issued a press release April 27 claiming that Stoudt used his influence to get Pres. Bush a seat in the TexANG as a pilot in 1968. Dan Rather, interviewing Ben Barnes on 60 Minutes in September specifically claimed Barnes influenced the TexANG on Bush's behalf. Barnes confirmed the story to Rather, and provided amplifying details and comments, claiming he (a prominent democrat in Texas politics (before being run from office in the Sharpsburg Savings & Loan Corruption case) had used his position as State Lt Gov. to get the position for George Bush, son of...