The New York Times is preparing a massive hit piece on John McCain according to Drudge and the Senator from Arizona is not taking it lying down.McCain is denying an accusation that he did favors for a female lobbyist who assisted in writing Telecom legislation. Both parties deny the allegations and McCain has taken the extraordinary step of personally intervening and talking with the Times editors to get them to spike the story:The Arizona Republican has hired a prominent Washington criminal attorney, Robert Bennett, to deal with the matter. "What is being done to John McCain is an outrage," Bennett said in an interview. Bennett said he sent prepared answers yesterday to written questions submitted by New York Times reporters who have spent weeks investigating questions about whether the senator did favors for a Washington lobbyist or her clients. She has also retained a lawyer, according to a knowledgeable source who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was...(Read Full Post)