McCain Camp Looks To Turn Media Lemon Into Lemonade

Here we go indeed. The McCain campaign has turned what looked to be a potentially devastating story into, what else, a fund-raising opportunity. In an appeal sent to supporters today, campaign manager Rick Davis writes:

"Well, here we go. We could expect attacks were coming; as soon as John McCain appeared to be locking up the Republican nomination, the liberal establishment and their allies at the New York Times have gone on the attack. Today's front-page New York Times story is particularly disgusting - an un-sourced hit-and-run smear campaign designed to distract from the issues at stake in this election. With John McCain leading a number of general-election polls against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the New York Times knew the time to attack was now, and they did. We will not allow their scurrilous attack against a great American hero to stand."