If CBS was indeed duped with forgeries, heads will deservedly roll over there. And as important as the question of how CBS could have been duped by an amateur is the question of just how big a pair is said amateur carrying around. Because seriously, anybody who had any idea what he or she was doing wouldn't have tried to get away with making such a lousy job of it.

The other casualty here, of course, besides some CBS employee(s), will be the real evidence that shows that Bush shirked his Guard duties. The Boston Globe's recent piece makes a very strong case without relying on the material CBS used — but if CBS is debunked, few people are going to pay attention to the fact that the debunking doesn't touch the Globe's work. CBS will have done more to kill this story than anybody on Bush's payroll.