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Feb 23 2008, AP

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 presidential nominees to undermine their candidacies.

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In this April 29, 2008 file photo, former Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan., announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate during a rally in Topeka, Kan. After spending more than a decade in Washington making millions of dollars as a lawyer and lobbyist for one of...