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The New York Times has rejected an essay that Sen. John McCain wrote defending his Iraq war policy.
The piece was in response to an op-ed from Sen. Barack Obama that was published in the paper last week.
In February, after it became clear McCain would be his party's presumptive nominee, the paper published a thinly sourced report that McCain once had a close relationship with a female lobbyist.
McCain said he was disappointed in the New York Times piece. The paper said that it stood by its reporting and that "the story speaks for itself."
McCain's campaign sent out fundraising appeals based on the article.
The article "is particularly disgusting -- an un-sourced hit-and-run smear campaign designed to distract from the issues at stake in this election," McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, wrote in a e-mail to supporters.
"We need your help to counteract the liberal establishment and fight back against the New York Times by making an immediate contribution today," the e-mail said in text that linked to an online contribution form on the McCain campaign's Web site.
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Seems like the NY Times is very one-sided
07-22-2008, 08:47 AM
Liberal NY Times rejects McCain
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