There must have been times when Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker thought they were back in embattled Sadr City when they faced Democrats on Capitol Hill this week — no Iraqi insurgents or al Sadr militiamen could have been more hostile.
If John McCain weren't such a trusting soul he would have wondered why The New York Times endorsed him — a member of the hated Republican Party — as their (slightly) preferred candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, especially when he knew they were preparing a slanderous, largely anonymously sourced story bound to damage his candidacy and his reputation.
The very wording of their endorsement should have been sufficient warning that eventually they'd be out to get him.
