Powerline has been all over the alleged “GOP Talking Points” memo covered in the press that purports to show that the Schiavo legislation was a crass political move. If not a fake, Powerline has certainly presented evidence that the memo’s significance was oversold.

ABC first reported the memo as a bombshell that disclosed Republican strategy. Now it says that the memo “discussed a republican bill” and was “distributed to [some] repulbican [sic] senators.” Whatever ABC may think of the “politics of the Shivo [sic] case,” the network admits that it knows nothing about who authored and distributed the memo.

More here and here.