CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not a police agent.
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”