It's remarkable that the government could bungle the Bonds case so badly that they would arouse public sympathy for Bonds, but they have. Obstruction is kind of a prosecutorial sham -- the "poor man's perjury" when they know they will never get a conviction on perjury. If rambling answers is the standard for proving guilt, then it's time to throw all of Congress in jail. Not a bad idea, come to think of it.
Bonds' conviction will likely be overturned on appeal, and Bonds isn't likely to see jail time in any case. But Bonds also won't see Cooperstown any time in the near future unless he takes his family on a recreational outing. It's virtually impossible (as this thread has proven) to subtract the "juice factor" from a player's inflated numbers and calculate whether he would have achieved a HOF performance without steroids. And it's ludicrous to say that PED's don't enhance performance. They may not help hand-eye coordination, but they improve recovery time from injuries, give you more stamina so you're injured less often and increase muscle mass, increasing bat speed and leading to more power.
Nobody will want to single out one of the steroid crowd for HOF inclusion at the expense of all the rest, so Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Clemens, Palmeiro and A-Rod will all be on the outside looking in until some veterans committee gives them a free pass 20 years from now when steroids are no longer a big issue (because it will be all about designer genes by then).
And Lance Armstrong will be the next to be indicted.