All of which is a distraction from the actual news
That Kerik has more skeletons in his closet than could fit on one side of the White House's vetting form.*
Just because you term it an "immense dirt arsenal" doesn't mean it wasn't true.
BTW, better time for all this if the main goal of the press was to bring elect Kerry - right after Kerik and Guiliani were giving speeches during and after the RNC.
*Assuming any vetting was actually done.
