Does anyone remember how quickly Kerry dumped Wilson based on the rumor that Wislson lied about several things in his book and his NYT op ed piece? Didn't Kerry dump several others on rumors during the campaign?
A lot of people got thrown over the side during the Kerry campaign. Jim Rassman (the guy who the great "war hero" rescued) as well as Max Cleland, all but vanished after the Swiftees torpedoed Lurch and the campaign decided that running on a 30-year-old fraudulent war record wasn't such a hot idea after all.
There was also the de-listing of the Daily Kos from the Kerry website after they celebrated the murder of the four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, the wild scramble away from Bill Burkett and Mary Mapes after the Dan Rather TANG documents blew up, etc. I'm sure others can add to this list.