Pants on Fire

Washington Post: "For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could not take reporters with him, despite no evidence that the charge is true." Unfortunately, much of the rest of the article proceeds as if harshly-phrased dishonest attacks exist on a continuum with harsh, accurate attacks.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/07/pants-on-fire/49556/