FROM DRUDGE REPORT

HEAD: NYT REJECTS MCCAIN'S EDITORIAL; SHOULD 'MIRROR' OBAMA

An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been
rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES -- less than a week after the paper published
an essay written by Obama, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

The paper's decision to refuse McCain's direct rebuttal to Obama's 'My Plan
for Iraq' has ignited explosive charges of media bias in top Republican
circles.

'It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors
Senator Obama's piece,' NYT Op-Ed editor David Shipley explained in an email
late Friday to McCain's staff. 'I'm not going to be able to accept this
piece as currently written.'

In McCain's submission to the TIMES, he writes of Obama: 'I am dismayed that
he never talks about winning the war-only of ending it... if we don't win
the war, our enemies will. A triumph for the terrorists would be a disaster
for us. That is something I will not allow to happen as president.'

NYT's Shipley advised McCain to try again: 'I'd be pleased, though, to look
at another draft.'