I don't know if the New York Times is trying to derail McCain's candidacy, or throw out as many idiotic charges as possible in hopes of boosting his popularity amongst those that have brains and distrust the media. Their most recent attempt at a "drive-by" story questions whether or not McCain is eligible to run for President since he was born in the Panama Canal Zone to military parents. Their goal isn't to actually make the claim (they essentially say McCain is fine), but like a drive-by, cause chaos and get the leftists to cause a ruckus. Jim Geraghty of NRO has a response:

Having said that, a serious effort to argue that McCain is disqualified from being president will attempt to establish that a child of one American and one foreign-born parent is eligible for the presidency, but a child of two Americans, one a serving member of the U.S. Armed Forces, born in a U.S. territory (Coco Solo Air Base in the then-American-controlled Panama Canal Zone) is not.

Dear Democrats, please go down this road; Team McCain would like to ensure that their candidate's share of the military and veteran vote goes from 90 percent to 100 percent.

A second piece by Geraghty throws doubt on Obama's eligibility for possibly giving aid and comfort to a terrorist or terrorist group. It's a hard case to make, considering Obama didn't directly say he was friends with the man, but it's actually more plausible than the NYT charge.