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Sen. John McCain

• August 31 -- Apple Takes a Bite Out of the Swift Boat Veterans
Long-time campaign correspondent and former Times Washington bureau chief R.W. Apple interviews his old friend Sen. McCain and discusses the Swifties: "The advertisements questioning Mr. Kerry's war record, the work of a 527 group of Swift boat veterans, were largely financed, at least initially, by rich Texas Republicans, some with past links to Mr. Bush."

• August 23 -- The Vanishing Republican Moderate, Again
Carl Hulse employs a standard liberal trope: "But [moderates] worry about their real influence in a party dominated by conservatives at a time when the ranks of House moderates are thinning."

• August 23 -- Objecting to the Bush-McCain Marriage of Convenience
After trying its best to bring Sens. John McCain and John Kerry together, the Times now mocks the pairing of President Bush and McCain.

• July 19 -- Don't Be Fooled by Facts: McCain Still Hostile to Bush-Cheney
Judging by Thomas Crampton's article, the Times is still eager to use Sen. John McCain as a wedge issue against Bush, despite the fact McCain is now campaigning for him.

• May 17 -- Front-Page Cheers for Kerry-McCain
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jodi Wilgoren get front-page treatment for the latest exercise in media wishful thinking: A Kerry-McCain ticket.

• May 11 -- The Secret of His Success
Sheryl Gay Stolberg files a profile of media hero Sen. John McCain, again basking in attention after his withering critique of Donald Rumsfeld on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

• April 7 -- Kerry-McCain, Media Dream Team
Adam Nagourney reports on Kerry's VP hunt--and it doesn't take long for media hero John McCain to show up.

• March 19 -- “Unavoidable” McCain, Avoidable Zell
Reporter Todd Purdum related with relish on the front page how Sen. John McCain proclaimed on morning TV that John Kerry was not “quote, weak on defense.” Utterly left out: any Republican outrage. This is not how Sen. Zell Miller was treated for his friendship with George W. Bush.