The focus on the documents has overwhelmed other questions that keep being raised about Bush's guard service.
Michael Dobbs writes in Sunday's Washington Post: "A review of the authenticated documentary record for Bush's guard service and interviews with former guard members suggest that the president and his aides have been less than fully candid about unexplained gaps in his military service, and have made misleading and sometimes inaccurate statements that have helped fuel the controversy."
Right. Ignore the fact that a major media outlet tried to run a scam on the President. The real issue is that 35 years ago Bush may have missed some of his National Guard duties.