Was Judas forgiven? Heck if I know. I'd like to think so. I'd also suppose it entirely possible within the protestant/anabaptist theology with which I was raised.

I selfishly root for the notion of forgiveness because I find myself so often in need of it. I don't believe my Christianity to be based upon my goodness -- rather, on undeserved grace. A grace I hope for all.

That said, it is most often those who are not believers in Christian doctrine who find the problematic disconnect between behaviors and responsibility that, while not part of true Christian doctrine, certainly ends up being the pragmatic product of a belief in grace. Said another, more simple way -- it seems that so often those who believe in a Gospel of Grace seem to find an unwarranted liberty in that grace to be utter shits. I don't think they are the rule, but they are common enough that they seem to be the standard by which many non-believers frame their veiw of Christians. It plays into what non-believers want to believe about Christians and, ultimately, Christianity.

And so, if I chose to believe that man's responsibility for good behavior can be utterly divorced from the grace that saved him, most non-believers would cry "foul!". Rightly so. So in that manner, I can't just dismiss Judas' guilt. I can't just dismiss Judas guilt any more than I should dismiss my own. It would lead to an illogical disconnect -- and illogical conclusion of where the grace provided me should ultimately lead me.