More on the Times and McCain

I grew up a huge fan of the Miami Dolphins which meant I got to watch Larry Czonka blast through the line and leave a huge hole in his wake.

Similarly, it seems the lack of any real beef behind the NY Time's thinly veiled claim that McCain "was having an affair with that woman Ms. Iseman" (to reuse a phrase) has blasted a hole through the attention span of the media. While everyone was busy trying to figure out the salacious details with the "female lobbyist" who have missed the underlying issue in the Times and the much more direct article in the Washington Post that covered McCain's longterm and very cozy relationship with lobbyists in DC. In fact if you look at McCain's statement he refers to her as a friend and he goes on to say that he has lots of friends who represent many issues in Washington.

McCain has been a part of the Washington scene for 26 years. As we all know he began his crusade for finance reform only after getting smacked down as part of the Keating 5. However, what most people don't know is that a large portion of his campaign staff and its closest advisers are in fact these same lobbyists that he is allegedly trying to keep out.