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6:40 AM ET, February 21, 2008

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New York Times:
For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk  —  WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.  —  A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client's corporate jet.
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Washington Post:
McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides  —  Before 2000 Campaign, Advisers Tried to Bar Her  —  Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to launch …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE MCCAIN STORY  —  This afternoon, before the Times story came out, I was working on a post about national political reporters' tendency not to give much of any scrutiny to various McCain flipflops, contradictions and bamboozlements.  Obviously, the terrain has changed a bit since …
Discussion: The RBC and Rolling Stone
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Bonus TNR Angle on the McCain Story  —  The McCain campaign is apparently blaming TNR for forcing the Times' hand on this story.  We can't yet confirm that.  But we can say this: TNR correspondent Gabe Sherman is working on a piece about the Times' foot-dragging on the McCain story …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:
What's the Quickest Way to Rally Conservatives 'Round McCain?  —  A sandbagging from the NYT of just this skeezy a nature.  —  This doesn't reflect badly on anyone but the Times, as far as I'm concerned.  The innuendo and full-on craptastic nature of the lede alone is enough to damn …
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
First-Blush Reaction  —  The Times doesn't have the goods—at least from what's in the story—and shouldn't have run it.  Let's be honest: this story is all about the alleged affair, and all the Keating Five and campaign finance reform re-hash is window dressing.  A key passage:
Discussion: The New Republic
Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
McCain Senior Adviser Responds to Times Story  —  Mark Salter, John McCain's obstreperous senior aide, just responded to Time's query about the New York Times's long-simmering McCain-mixed-up-with-lobbyists story.  —  Speaking from a parking garage in Toledo, where the campaign is overnighting …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
NYT: McCain may have behaved unethically and cheated on his wife, but we're not sure; Update: Pressured by the New Republic?  Update: McCain responds; Update: Carl Cameron video added; Update: TNR confirms?  Update: WaPo piles on  —  A sex scandal that may not be a scandal tucked inside …
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE TIMES UPHOLDS ITS STANDARDS  —  The New York Times smears John McCain in tomorrow's paper, accusing him of ethics violations and insinuating that he had an affair with a lobbyist.  What is most striking, though, if you actually read the story, is how thin it is.
RADAR:
WAS JOHN MCCAIN GETTING ‘LOBBIED’ BY A WOMAN 30 YEARS HIS JUNIOR?
Marc Ambinder:
McCain/Lobbyist Story In The New York Times Finally Drops
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and The New Republic
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   MCCAIN CAMPAIGN ISSUES STATEMENT
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:   McCain Bombshell
NewsMax.com:
Inside Cover  —  Bennett Slams NY Times Hit Job on McCain
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
NYT prints allegation of McCain relationship
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:   McCain Slams NY Times Article Linking Him to Female Lobbyist
Texas Senator Kirk Watson:
MSNBC and Me  —  On Tuesday night, after an important and historic victory in the Wisconsin Presidential Primary by Senator Barack Obama, I appeared on the MSNBC post-election program.  “Hardball” host Chris Matthews (who is, it turns out, as ferocious as they say), began grilling me on Senator Obama's legislative record.
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Use of Private Care Tests British Health System  —  LONDON — Created 60 years ago as a cornerstone of the British welfare state, the National Health Service is devoted to the principle of free medical care for everyone.  But recently it has been wrestling with a problem its founders never anticipated …
The Editorial Board:
Democrats Obama, Clinton star in high-stakes Austin debate  —  Austin gets an unexpected turn as the center of the American political universe tonight as Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York face each other in debate on the University of Texas campus (7 p.m., CNN).
Discussion: Althouse and On Deadline
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Navy Missile Hits Spy Satellite  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - A missile launched from a Navy ship successfully struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, a defense official said.  Full details were not immediately available.  —  It happened just after 10:30 p.m. EST.
Discussion: Redstate and Jules Crittenden
Thomas W. / tbo.com:
TIA Passenger Had Box Cutter In Hollowed-Out Book  —  A security officer at Tampa International Airport found a box cutter hidden in a hollowed-out book on Sunday.  —  TAMPA — A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport this weekend after security personnel found …
Thomas / Blue Indiana:
Why I'm not scared of John McCain (or his supporters)  —  For those of you who have been following the site over the last few days, you are probably well aware that I have been covering the gubernatorial signature battle, as both of our candidates sought to get their 500 signatures …
 
 
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