White House sides with McCain

THE White House sided with Senator John McCain yesterday and accused The New York Times of repeatedly trying to “drop a bombshell” on Republican presidential nominees to undermine their candidacies.

The newspaper has drawn fire from Mr McCain himself and even some of his conservative critics for publishing a report on Thursday suggesting that Mr McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist. Mr McCain said the report was not true.

White House deputy press secretary Scott Stanzel noted the story has received a lot of attention.