[Norman Bates]

This is a dud. This will be ancient history by November.

[DoughtyOne]

On the merits of an affair, likely. On the issue of politcal and legal interactions with the woman in question, perhaps not.

This may get ugly.

This was pointed out to me someone else. I’m not a supporter of McCain, so take this for what it’s worth, I don’t believe the affair is going to turn out to be the most serious issue associated with ths.

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This is a dud. This will be ancient history by November.

True if there was no affair. If there was a romantic relationship between McCain and the lobbyist, we haven't heard the last of it.

The New York Times is pathetic. But I can't believe NYT and WaPo ran with this story in such a big way with nothing more than the assertions of two anonymous "disgruntled" former associates and one fired former campaign employee.

They could have tapes, photos, video, or the testimony from some girlfriend of the lobbyist, etc. If so, you can bet we'll be hearing about it all summer.