Well, I don’t share your high opinion of the cleverness of the McCain camp. The NY Slimes has not endorsed a Republican since fricken Eisenhower and acts as an arm of the DNC.
The point wasn’t about the NYT and whothey endorse. It is that Mccain knew the story of his editorial being rejected versus Obama’s not would make a lot of news , working to get his actual editorial out , on a day that Obama is supposed to dominate
the news with his Messiac world tour this week.