McSame-or McShame?

Evidentally, big time hero John McCain is one crooked S.O.B. As Steve Benen notes, it goes beyond the Keating thing:

"When considering John McCain’s history of unethical behavior, the list usually starts (and ends) with the Keating Five scandal in the 1980s, for which McCain was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for having shown, at a minimum, poor judgment. In the aftermath, McCain helped improve his public image, and bury the scandal, by becoming an advocate of campaign-finance reform.

But the notion that McCain cleaned up his act may not be entirely true. Take, for example, Donald Diamond, a wealthy Arizona real estate developer and generous McCain contributor, who wanted some coastal land in California freed up by an Army base closing."

I, like Benen, am baffled as to why the New York Times chose to run this the day of the Pennsylvania Primary (thanks, by the way, for thinking that one through, folks). Indeed, of all the charges and counter charges that the media has been soft on Clinton or Obama, the one getting the sweetheart deal is one we need to fear the most.

This brings up some interesting things as well. Why aren't these questions being asked of the Republican Nominee?
Liberal Media, indeed.