I missed John McCain’s speech entirely, since he was rude enough to give it at 4AM in Austrian time (I’m at the Ars Electronica festival), but I had a good laugh when I woke up and checked the coverage: The headline in the NY Times is:

John McCain Vows to End ‘Partisan Rancor’

Of all the themes to pick after the intensely partisan ads and speeches, and the night after nominating a self-described “pitbull in lipstick”! I do appreciate McCain’s gracious ad congratulating Obama on his nomination, but even that ad noted that it was a momentary lull (“We’ll be at it again tomorrow”) in a firestorm of partisan negativity.

Maybe the headline was just due to the Times’ impish sense of humor.

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