It looks like CBS News won’t release the results of its inquiry into the forged documents it recently aired until after the election. Why? According to CBS president Les Moonves, “it should be done probably after the election is over so that it doesn’t affect what’s going on.”

So, let’s see: CBS airs phony documents intended to damage the Bush campaign. They don’t care whether that affects the election. But, because the investigation will undoubtedly discuss collaboration between CBS News staffers and the Kerry campaign, well, that bad news can wait until after the election. It could be damaging to Kerry.

As Dan Rather used to say inexplicably: Courage!