It seems that the Kerik indictment has finally put the Rudy-Kerik story into the thick of the 2008 presidential debate. And why not, Rudy put protecting New York City in the hands of a crooked cop. And he tried to do the same with the whole country.

To date, almost all of the attention to the Rudy-Bernie relationship has focused on the eight year between 1993 and 2001 when Rudy helped Bernie mount and then shimmy up the greasy pole of New York city public safety officialdom.

But it seems to me that that's not where the choicest story is going to be told.

Remember, after they left city government, these heroes of 9/11 guys went into business together. And things were going gangbusters for three long years -- 2002, 2003 and all but a couple weeks of 2004. That's when the real money started flowing. And it's when these two were working together possibly closer than they ever had. International clients, lots of government contracting work. Plenty of material there for some first-run muck if you're dealing with folks who aren't exactly straight arrows. And think who we're talking about.