Clever move by the McCain campaign: A scandalous piece in the NYT becomes an opportunity to rally the right to McCain’s side. The piece and the campaign’s well-organized and long-anticipated response puts the anti-McCain right into a bind: If they jump in against McCain, they’re in bed with Media Enemy #1; if they jump in with the campaign to defend McCain, they help the man who’s destroying the Republican party.
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How the State Failed Noelia Castillo
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