After somebody there “looked under the couch” and “found Cambodia” (as Slings and Arrows memorably puts it), the Washington Post got curious. They have dragged it out from under there and shone a big spotlight on the whole Swift Vets/Kerry conflict. (Use bugmenot.com to get past the login, but you may have to skip the first 3 or 4 logins it offers; they’ve already been reconfigured or disabled.)

Honestly, perhaps I’m missing something, but this is a great article. It’s not great because it parrots my personal idea of things; in fact, it sheds some light I didn’t find particularly pleasant here and there. It’s great because it sheds light that nobody involved will find particularly pleasant: it just sheds light, indiscriminately, and doesn’t care whose rat is spotlighted.

Establishing the facts 35 years later is complicated not merely by fading memories and sometimes ambiguous archival evidence, but also by the bitterly partisan nature of the presidential campaign.

An investigation by The Washington Post into what happened that day suggests that neither side has been entirely forthcoming, and that each has withheld information from the public record.

There’s lots and lots of grist for the mill in here. Looks like the WP was busy digging while the NYT was busy spinning. There are lots more questions to be asked and answered, but the chorus is getting louder.