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Clifford Schecter is the author of The Real McCain:
Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't. Waldman is co-author, with David Brock, of Free Ride: John McCain and the Media.

Great point Paul. Perhaps this is why the media seems to finally be catching on--at least somewhat--to the fact that McCain is much closer to Bush than he has been trying to pretend. I tackled it in a post this morning...
 
The Media Is Catching On To The Bush-McCain Similarities

Read this piece by Elisabeth Bumiller, overall a very good article on how McCain and Bush drink from the same tainted well:

WASHINGTON — The Democrats like to say that electing Senator John McCain would usher in the third term of George W. Bush, and they do not mean it as a compliment. The Republicans counter that calling the senator "McBush" is political spin and that Mr. McCain is his own man.

A look at Mr. McCain's 25-year record in the House and Senate, his 2008 campaign positions and his major speeches over the last three months indicates that on big-ticket issues — the economy, support for continuing the Iraq war, health care — his stances are indeed similar to Mr. Bush's brand of conservatism. Mr. McCain' ... continue reading >

And, of course: John McCain is a straight-talking maverick war hero. ... (Read the full review.)

Paul Rosenberg, Open Left

Q. Can you explain the thesis of the book, the key points you found after investigating McCain's relationship with the national media?

A. What you find when you examine McCain's treatment by the press is this: The rules are different for John McCain. Other candidates get defined by their biggest weaknesses and the worst thing they ever did; McCain gets defined by his best qualities and the most noble thing he ever did. Other candidates find a press corps that mocks their spin and assumes they're phonies and liars; McCain's spin frames his coverage. (When was the last time you saw a story about McCain that didn't refer to him as a "maverick" or his utterances as "straight talk"?) Other candidates view the press as an adversary, and the coverage they get reflects that relationship; McCain views the press as a partner and friend, and that's how they treat him.

The result is that a whole series of ideas about McCain -- that he's a maverick, that he's a reformer, that he's an ideological moderate -- have become so embedded in the coverage of McCain that journalists no longer even ask whether they're true. And in many cases, these ideas are either completely false or have been wildly exaggerated. ... (Read the full interview.)