 February 21, 2008
Posted: 11:20 AM ET
Mike Huckabee is defending his Republican rival, John McCain.
 (CNN) – Conservatives – who have often been wary of likely Republican nominee John McCain — came out in his defense Thursday following a New York Times report that suggested an improper relationship between the Arizona senator and a lobbyist. “I’ve campaigned now on the same stage and platform as John McCain for 14 months and I only know him to be a man of integrity,” his GOP rival Mike Huckabee told reporters on the campaign trail in Texas. “Today he denied that any of that was true, I take him at his word, I’ve had no further comment other than that. I think for me to get into is completely immaterial – again, I only know what I know him to be, and that’s a good and decent and honorable man.” In an e-mail to Politico, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said the biggest news was not the Times report itself: "The story is the Drive By media turning on its favorite maverick and trying to take him out," he wrote. And the Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody wrote Thursday the story might actually give a boost to McCain's bid to win over his party's conservative base. "In [the] conservative world, if the New York Times does a 'hit job' on you then you wear that as a conservative badge of honor," he wrote Thursday morning. "This story could actually HELP John McCain." –CNN’s Rebecca Sinderbrand and Alexander Marquardt Filed under: John McCain • Mike Huckabee |
 
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