Brooks is just stating the truth.
It’s clear that Weaver is the source. His denial yesterday convinced many, but not me.(I posted some stories here yesterday that flush out the Weaver-McCain relationship, and they are everything Brooks says it is, and more).
And it’s clear from McCain’s response yesterday that McCain felt he had to deny it absolutely. But if he’s not telling the truth — it gets very bad for McCain.
Does that mean the party can take the nomination away from him, ie, not confer it? I would think so — I’m sure there’s a “moral turpitude” clause in the Party by-laws somewhere.
We can still suit up Romney, coming in off the bench.
I agree, if anything comes out to corroborate the affair allegation, then McCain is absolutely finished. I imagine the same GOP establishment that has rallied around him would force him to step aside.
That being said, I find it hard to believe that McCain would risk flushing his honorable record of service to the country down the toilet in such a fashion. At his press conference today, that is essentially what he put on the line.