Dan Rather last night on CNN, the second edition of Larry King Live, a caller called in and said, "Yes, I have a question for Dan Rather. I'd like to know your opinion on the speculation that Mark Felt should have gone to his boss at the FBI or to the president with concerns about the Watergate investigation. You played a major role in investigative journalism, Is it realistic to even think that?"
RATHER: No, I don't think he had a choice. I think he took the way that he knew would be most effective. I think the country owes Katherine Graham, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Mark Felt a debt of gratitude for what they did because I repeat for emphasis this was people believing they were above the Constitution, they were above the law, and they were very nearly pulling it off, and whatever it took to get them -- that is, to expose them, to bring it into the sunlight -- I don't think you can applaud enough.
