While unfortunately a sizeable portion of the public still believes 1) Iraq has WMD, and 2) Iraq had Al Qaeda ties prior to 9-11, at least it appears they're wise enough to at least gradually realize the truth regarding this Swift Boat nonsense:

Almost half in a poll taken this week say they think the president's campaign is behind the ads that try to undercut Kerry's medals for heroism while just over a third think the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is an independent group, the National Annenberg Election Survey found.

The public's belief that Kerry did not earn his medals grew to 30 percent when the attack ads got widespread publicity on cable news networks. But that number has dropped to 24 percent now.

Odds are Karl Rove is burning the midnight oil in search of something else baseless.... Hey, it's what he does.