Some pretty major developments on the George W. Bush AWOL story today- first the taped interview on Meet the Press which was aired today had the president agreeing to release of all of his military records, but then claiming that they had all been released during the 2000 campaign. That’s not true, but listening to Mr. Bush one gets the distinct impression that he just doesn’t know…

Now Kevin Drum has a story about the laughable ripped document which was offered as proof that Bush wasn’t AWOL and was subsequently inserted into Mr. Bush’s military records. Now the intact document has been found.

What does this mean? Well, it raises more questions than it answers. The original document was torn very specifically to cut off the year and dates indicated. Why? What exactly does ARF stand for? Was Bush put in the Air Force Reserve (Air Reserve Force?) as punishment for skipping out on his duties in the National Guard? In any case, one more piece of the puzzle is now out there. It’ll take someone smarter than I to put it all together.