The Sharks Circle McCain

The NY Times is piling onto McCain. I am guessing that the activity that McCain was involved in has been done hundreds of times, but due to his situation is now a story. I don't rejoice in this for several reasons: first, there is nothing sinister going on here--no influence peddling, no arm twisting, nothing that looks ugly; second, it is a return of the "politics of destruction". The NYT sees blood in the water and are coming to enjoy the feeding. If anything here is ugly, it is the story rather than the behavior.