Regrettable hack Mickey Kaus admits that he doesn't know who -- if anyone -- was "behind" the ABC News smear on Dean:

Was a certain counterproductive overspinner behind the shameful ABC "affidavit" smear story against Howard Dean? I don't know, and neither does the New York Times, though today's edition does contain this sentence:... (Emphasis added.)

So why then is Mick praising Lucianne Goldberg for her statement that Chris Lehane was behind the smear ("ABC falls for Chris Lehane lame hit job")?

When you lie down with loathsome bigots, Kaus, you get up with a lot worse than fleas.