Lance polemics aside, I find it odd that he focuses on Lance so much in that interview. I get that it'd be great to have helped a team leader win, it seems like that's what Horner is genuinely about from his past mountain domestique work and comments, but why say 'it'd have been cool for him to get his 8th'. Leipheimer was way up there after Lance crashed, and from a realistic perspective, I don't think he had any less of a chance than Armstrong did of winning the whole thing (which is to say, I think both of them were way behind Schleck and Contador, but fairly on par with the rest). Maybe it was the way the interview was edited, I don't know.
Anyway, I've always liked Horner, I like his story (ie. American racer does well in local scene and takes on Euro peloton at later age), it's interesting to see that transition play out and have various successes. It'd be cool to see him ride as a team leader next year at 39. And it'd be cool to see people stop worrying about how everything relates to Armstrong, as he's retired for good now. There are some interesting things to talk about relating to Armstrong in the Clinic, where an investigation is unfolding, but until he sponsors a race, does a random domestic appearance or we're talking about racers from a historical perspective, I don't get why there are still threads about him in this forum.