[Ladysmith]

Actually, the National Enquirer has been warned ... The McCain Camp is fighting back.

[BGHater]

Why warn? Warnings are for the news cycle.

Just sue them. Deeds, not words.

[Defiant]

The National Enquirer feels relatively safe, because a public person has to prove actual malice, and because they don't get sued by politicians since either the stories are true (Clinton and women, Kerry and the Swiftboaters) or the politician is dirty enough that even if the specific charge is false, the politician cannot prove harm to character and opens up his or her entire life to scrutiny.

However, in the case of McCain and Palin, there just may be good reason to sue the news organizations that are promoting these lies. They are clean, and the lies are pretty bad, and the organizations know they are lies or are reckless about the truth.