You guys have gone bonkers. You're trying to justify giving Holy Communion to known, public and unrepentant sinners. Judas was none of the above at the Last Supper. John Kerry is unrepentant; he should be denied Holy Communion in every Catholic church.
Jesus knew who would condemn him, yet He shared His very Life with a man who would hand Him over. Perhaps we still don't realize the depth of love of the Mind and Heart of Jesus.
I've never, in my life, read a defense of Judas before.