Why, Katie Couric won't?
There's not enough room for both their egos.
I think it would be a no brainer for the liberal media to take Scarboroughs comments and introduce them as what a Former GOPer from the Gingrich revolution said. And if he can meet the Scarborough challenge (Joe S likes to bill himself as the definitive Red State conservative patriot), they'll argue that Kerry has passed the "CIC" threshold.