Morning Quick Hits

The feeding frenzy surrounding McCain grows with the Washington Post printing a corroborating article this morning.

Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to launch, according to one of McCain's longest-serving political strategists.

John Weaver, who was McCain's closest confidant until leaving his current campaign last year, said he met with Vicki Iseman at the Center Cafe at Union Station and urged her to stay away from McCain. Association with a lobbyist would undermine his image as an opponent of special interests, aides had concluded.

For those thinking the media is giving Obama a pass, check out Chris Matthews grilling State Sen. Kirk Watson (D-TX) on Barack Obama's legislative accomplishments. Watch the video. Claire McCaskill was on Hardball the following day to do damage control.

Think Progress covers how Rove used his talk at Penn last night to defend Bush's use of signing statements. The DP coverage of the event is here.

Here are some morning tunes (Evermore vs Dirty South - Its too late)

~BT