I was thinking the same thing. I noticed how long it took the McCain camp to release their statement. My guess is they did a little background research on this accusation before making their official statement.
They were calculated at the time they responded.
If they had responded this morning it would have gotten no coverage at all today. Too much time given to the economic crisis. Even Rush only gave it a minute’s worth.
By responding now.. it will make it into tomorrow’s news cycle.
I would imagine that Gen. Petraeus was consulted about this by Sen. McCain and his staff.
Yep. They probably verified the quotes with their sources.