Rathergate and Tom Daschle's friends

When Dan Rather presented the fake documents on 60 Minuets II, he did so with an interview with Ben Barnes. I provided a post that shows how close Tom Daschle is with Ben Barnes. Now American Daily is reporting this:

In conduct some have compared to the Watergate cover-up, CBS News initially stonewalled the charges of forgery. Perhaps Rather thought he could get away with it. After all, Sumner Redstone, chairman and CEO of CBS parent company Viacom, is a major Democratic Party contributor. Redstone contributed to John Kerry for president. He has also contributed to Senators Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle, and Patrick Leahy, and Al Gore for president in 2000.