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Article: White House claims New York Times tries to `drop a bombshell' on Republican nominees
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- February 22, 2008
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The White House sided with Sen. John McCain and accused The New York Times on Friday of repeatedly trying to "drop a bombshell" on Republican U.S. presidential nominees to undermine their candidacies.
The newspaper has drawn fire from McCain himself and even some of his conservative critics for publishing a report Thursday suggesting that McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist. McCain said the report was not true.
White House deputy press secretary Scott Stanzel, at a briefing, noted that the story has received a lot of attention.
"I think a lot of people here in this building, with ...