Politico.com | New Yorker
Reporters in Arizona say Friday's tense
back-and-forth with New York Times reporter
Elisabeth Bumiller revealed the
John McCain they know. Former Arizona Republic staffers tell
Michael Calderone the chummy relationship between McCain and the national press hasn't always been the case back home. "As his hometown newspaper, we had no line of communication," says ex-Republic editor
Ward Bushee. || Take
Paul Slansky's "Senator Hothead"
quiz.