Frank,

I'm sorry if I offended you. It was not my intention, but I understand that I may have come on too strong.

I honestly thought you were being purposely obtuse and not acknowledging such things as my explanation of how the press got the "Dean sealed his records" story wrong. If not, a double apology is in order.

Also, I did, and still do, think Frank's changing the story from "Dean has opened the records by releasing them to a judge" to "The State of Vermont confiscated the records," was unconscionable, and was the exact kind of intentional baiting that Big Mick accused me of above. It was, in short, a "scurrilous attack," in Frank's sense. If I am guilty of it, I think Frank was too.

I should say, though, that I do respect Frank and think this thread may have brought out the worst in all concerned.

I think perhaps we should let this thread die.