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nytimes.com - 10/27/2008

Op-Ed Columnist - The Endorsement From Hell

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John McCain isn’t boasting about a new endorsement, one of the very, very few he has received from overseas. It came a few days ago:“Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,” read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and ...

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