Welch on NYT on McCain

Reason editor Matt Welch is also the author of McCain: The Myth of a Maverick and probably knows the details of John McCain's record better than anyone in journalism. Here he is talking about The New York Times's weird attempted takedown: See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/02/welch-on-em-nyt-em-on-mccain/48693/ I think this is about right -- non-reporting of a non-scandalous non-affair aside, the Times story manages to reproduce some not-new information about McCain that most people nonetheless don't know and should.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/02/welch-on-em-nyt-em-on-mccain/48693/