When the IM's were made public this was the big question that cried out for an answer: How did those IM's go from the privacy of someone's computer to ABC news? The DBM and the Democrats have managed, though, to ignore that question and turn the whole thing into 'who knew what, when'. This keeps the scandal focused completely on the Republican leadership in the House.
It will be well after the election before the facts are known. In the meantime, on the talk shows they are still saying that these IM's involved underage pages when in fact the very IM's that ABC published on their website involved Foley and a former page who was 18 years old. They can keep bringing out former pages who may or may not be telling the truth and who may or may not have been 18 when Foley contacted them. The details don't matter now, just the next headline on the hourly news.
I think the Republican party should come out with some ads explaining some of this and comparing the way Republicans handle their offenders (Foley) and the way Democrats have handled theirs (Studds, Frank).