Would it be a Scandal?

James Joyner ponders, regarding the Kerry allegations: 'I’m not sure, in this post-Clinton environment, that this revelation constitutes an “amazing scandal.'"

While I take the point, I think that given the drive for "electability" as the key motivation behind Kerry's momentum that something like this, if proved to be true, would be enough to derail his candidacy. The idea that the Republicans could tar Kerry with a Lewinsky-like scandal would clearly affect perceptions of his electability.

I think this is doubly true if my thesis concering the desire of the Democrats to cast Bush as a liar is going to be a centerpiece of the Kerry campaign.