By: E&P Staff In the aftermath of The New York Times finally publishing its bombshell linking John McCain to a female lobbyist, The New Republic at its site revealed late last night: "The McCain campaign is apparently blaming TNR for forcing the Times' hand on this story. We can't yet confirm that. But we can say this: TNR correspondent Gabe Sherman is working on a piece about the Times' foot-dragging on the McCain story, and the back-and-forth within the paper about whether to publish it. Gabe's story will be online tomorrow."
McCain senior aide Mark Salter told Time magazine: "They did this because the The New Republic was going to run a story that looked back at the infighting there, the Judy Miller-type power struggles -- they decided that they would rather smear McCain than suffer a story that made the New York Times newsroom look bad."
E&P has not yet been able to reach a New York Times spokesman for comment.
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