What do you think of today's New York Times article about Senator John McCain's relationship with a telecommunications industry lobbyist?

Do you consider it to be a worthwhile journalistic contribution to the presidential campaign? Do you believe, as Senator McCain charged, that the article amounted to nothing more than "a hit-and-run smear campaign?" Do you think it matters whether McCain had an affair with the lobbyist?

The New York Times argues that its article was trying to make a more subtle point, as the article put it: "Even as he has vowed to hold himself to the highest ethical standards, his confidence in his own integrity has sometimes seemed to blind him to potentially embarrassing conflicts of interest." Do you think the article substantiates that assertion?

Update: The New York Times is soliciting reader questions regarding the McCain article; questions will be addressed on Friday, February 22 by the reporters and editors who worked on the story.