Because the Because the New York Times failed to nail the personal angle of the John McCain-Vicki Iseman scandal, McCain’s relationship with the lobbyist will probably recede forever from view. Nobody in the media wants to touch it. Well, not nobody. The Atlantic's Josh Green explains why it’s not about the alleged interpersonal relationship, but the very public relationship between McCain-Iseman relationship that is at the heart of the scandal—especially for the self-styled, anti-special interests and anti-earmark maverick crusader. Whatever the nature of their interpersonal relationship, if any, McCain and Iseman managed to get close enough to produce a nice “purple cow” together. --Tom Schaller
