Both parties may drop this one as it might make both sides look stupid.
Well, making the Republicans look stupid is no great accomplishment; it's kind of like making grass look green. But they're smart enough - I hope - to know that they don't WANT this dropped. They handled a dicey situation about as well as it can be handled, and they did it with painstakingly careful respect to the innocent persons involved. Moreover, they are the injured parties here - the victims of a vicious, politically-motivated slime job that has - shockingly, refreshingly, POETICALLY - begun to slime its perpetrators. Please God, they're not stupid enough to want THAT rare, happy circumstance buried.
The Democrats, on the other hand, DESPERATELY NEED this to go away. Have you read any of the recent MSM coverage, like AP? It's tragic; they're utterly delusional. They're still speaking in terms of a "Republican cover-up"! I don't blame them for trying to ignore reality - reality is UGLY for them. Depending on how deep the Democrat cover-up goes - how high up in the Party - this could be the end. It's that bad, dillo.