The debate was barely in the books when Bill Bennett, as a member of CNN's post-debate panel, said he had heard that Retired Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr, who asked the pointed question about gays in the military, had ties to Hillary Clinton's campaign. Now, if Bennett had found out so quickly, what was the deal with CNN's fact-checking operation, which, one assumes, had several weeks to vet Kerr?

In any case, here's Anderson Cooper acknowledging CNN's mistake last night:

And here's CNN's John Roberts interviewing Kerr this morning (and doing his best to try to downplay CNN's ethical lapse):

It matters little how much work, if at all, Kerr has done for Clinton's campaign. What matters is that he is a partisan and a Democratic activist. Had this been mentioned in the debate last night, his question and presence might not have been such an outrageous breach of journalistic standards.

More debate highlights in the Vlog.