McCain Slams LA Times

Re: Tape of Obama praising Rashid Khalidi at a dinner party.

"Apparently this is a tape with a dinner that Mr. Ayers ... was at, and also ... one of the leading spokespersons for the PLO. Now, why that should not be made public is beyond me," McCain told La Kalle radio.

"I guarantee you, if there was a tape with me and Sarah Palin and some neo-Nazi or one of those, you think that that tape wouldn't be made public? Of course, Americans need to know, particularly about Ayers, and also about the PLO. So hopefully there will be enough pressure on the L.A. Times that it'll come out, but its really unfortunate that we have to go through this," McCain continued.

According to the LA Times print story, some Palestinian American leaders believe "Obama is more receptive to their viewpoint than he is willing to say".

Khalidi has said before that Obama's coming out in support of Israel is "a requirement to win a national election in the U.S".

So, Khalidi thinks candidate Obama's public support of Israel is a pretense.