Impolite question

Why is it that the McCain campaign gets both the argument and the rebuttal in this story?

It starts out as a McCain response and segues into another McCain response. McCNN, the most trussed name in news.

Then there's the content: Obama's camp claimed discussions about public finance of campaigns. The McCain camp hotly denied negotiations. But for that nominal difference - and the McCainiacs whining claim that this constitutes a lie, the two stories track exactly.

The tempest over the meeting, anyway, shows a desperate McCain camp that will try anything to muddy up Obama.

This is just the beginning.