Whither Weaver?

Published February 21, 2008 5:00am ET



Everyone was abuzz about Thursday’s New York Times piece about a potentially improper relationship between Sen. John McCain and a lobbyist. And, instantaneously, people fingered former McCain strategist John Weaver, who was quoted in the story, as the source of the Times’ piece. But was he?

“Nobody on the McCain campaign believes that John Weaver was the source of this.” – McCain ’08 spokesman Steve Schmidt, on MSNBC.

“I can’t tell you whether he’s the source of it, but the McCain campaign thinks he is, and they’re mad about it.” – MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson