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dday at Daily Kos has excerpts from Dean's interview yesterday with National Journal, and it's a beauty:

Q: So there is big news about John McCain — the story that is in the New York Times, raising questions about his relationship with a lobbyist. This is a story the McCain people are saying is unfair and untrue. What do you think?

Dean: I have no idea whether the affair story is true or not, and I don't care. What I do care about is John McCain — and this has been well-documented — is talking all the time about being a reformer and a maverick, and in fact, he has taken thousands of dollars from corporations, ridden on their corporate jets, and then turned around and tried to do favors for them and get projects approved. He has tons of lobbyists on his staff. This is a guy who is very close to the lobbyist community, a guy who has been documented again and again by taking contributions and then doing favors for it. This is not a guy who is a reformer. This is a guy who has been in Washington for 25 years and wants to give us four more years of the same, and I don't think we need that.

It's an terrific interview by Gov. Dean, who's obviously put a lot of effort into his media skills during his time at the DNC. And Karl Rove deserves a shout-out too, for showing us how effective it is to go after a candidate's strengths. Thanks, Karl!