It will be intriguing to see to what degree Rather takes the gloves off on the allegations about the '60 Minutes' documents. This goes to the heart of the network's credibility, and they don't seem to be backing down an inch.
This is an interesting game of political chicken. As long as it goes, it definitely keeps Bush on the defensive because it's his crappy Guard service that is being dragged through the mud. Either he just failed to report for duty, as the Boston Globe and A.P. have already determined, or he ALSO disobeyed a direct order from his commander to take his physical.
None of this is good for W.