The answer to everyone's queries as to why Juliar and co. are backing Craig Thompson to the hilt is in the size of the credit card bill he (or the "unknown man who stole his credit card" - yeah, right) signed at "Blond Babes" and other similar establishments back in 2005.
It's a given that, given the size of the bill, (in excess of two thousand dollars for one night's "escort services", I understand), more than one lady of the night provided her services to (quite a few) more than one gentleman client... and therein lies the reason Labor is so keen to see this go away.
Who, a disinterested (or, equally so, a not disinterested) observer might ask, might time prove those other gentlemen to be apart from Mr Thompson? (Or, let's give Mr Thompson the benefit of the doubt - whose entertainment did he or the unknown thief sign the credit card bill for while not enjoying those services himself?)
When the answer to that question comes into the public domain, (as I assume it eventually will, despite the Labor Party's faceless men's best efforts to keep those names under wraps), I have a strong suspicion that Labor's current parlous hold on legitimacy in government will look positively rock solid in comparison.