[tobyhill]

The MSM is taking single quotes and trying to make mountains out of mole hills.
NRO probably heard one McCain Adviser say that no one is out of the running until it's announced and then they follow up with something like, “Lieberman?” then the response was “no one”.

National Review has been known to be wrong from time to time and even if they have their facts correct to some extent I know the MSM is not being honest brokers.

[SoConPubbie]

The MSM is taking single quotes and trying to make mountains out of mole hills. NRO probably heard one McCain Adviser say that no one is out of the running until it's announced and then they follow up with something like, “Lieberman?” then the response was “no one”.

OK, well here is John McCain basically saying the same thing as quoted by another conservative web-site, the Weekly Standard:

"I think that the pro-life position is one of the important aspects or fundamentals of the Republican Party," McCain said. "And I also feel that--and I'm not trying to equivocate here--that Americans want us to work together. You know, Tom Ridge is one of the great leaders and he happens to be pro-choice. And I don't think that that would necessarily rule Tom Ridge out."


Research, Research, Research.

And given John McCain's "Maverick" and "Reach-across the aisle" past, why anyone would question the veracity of this type of behavior on the the part of the RINO McCain is beyond me.