From a Washington Post editorial this morning:

[I]it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame’s CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming — falsely, as it turned out — that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush’s closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It’s unfortunate that so many people took him seriously.

Kate has pointed out how curious it is that reporters have not been camped out on Armitage’s doorstep yelling questions. Also, remember the dozens of soft-ball, wet-kiss interviews that Wilson was given when he was accusing the administration of endangering the life of an American spy? (And I recall the many back-slaps and handshakes Wilson was getting in the green rooms.) Are any reporters now trying to get him on the air for an interview – one in which he would, for the very first time, have to answer tough questions? Mr. Russert?

The Wash Post edit is headlined “End of the Affair.” The illicit affair here is the one the MSM conducted with Joe Wilson.