The New York Times is looking really, really bad right now

Micheal Gerson joins the chorus pointing out just how pathetically thin that New York Times hit piece on John McCain really is- and how patently political in its motivation.

Look for McCain to come out of this affair smelling like a rose- and the Democratic Campaign Pamphlet of Record to take a major hit on its long-tenuous claim to journalistic integrity and political objectivity in the news columns.

HT: Real Clear Politics